Gulf Power Company v. FCC

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Gulf Power Company v. FCC

Opinion

[PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FILED

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

September 30, 2002

THOMAS K. KAHN

CLERK

No. 98-6222

FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS GULF POWER COMPANY; ALABAMA POWER COMPANY, et al.,

Petitioners,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

No. 98-6414

FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6430

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FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6431

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FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6442

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FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, d.b.a. AMERENUE,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6458

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FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

3

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No. 98-6476

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FCC Docket No. 97-151 DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6477

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FCC Docket No. 97-151 VIRGINIA ELECTRIC and POWER COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

4

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No. 98-6478

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FCC Docket No. 97-151 CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6485

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FCC Docket No. 97-151 DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

5

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No. 98-6486

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FCC Docket No. 97-151 DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-2589

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FCC Docket No. 97-151 TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-4675

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FCC Docket No. 98-20 FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

Petitions for Review of Orders

of the Federal Communications Commission

(September 30, 2002) ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Before TJOFLAT, CARNES and GARWOOD*, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

In Gulf Power Co. v. FCC, 208 F.3d 1263 (11th Cir. 2000), we considered an attack on the FCC’s 1998 regulations, Report and Order, 13 F.C.C.R. 6777, 1998 WL 46987, promulgated pursuant to the 1996 amendments to the Pole Attachment Act, 47 U.S.C. § 244(f) (Supp. II 1996). We held that the facial _________________ *Honorable Will L. Garwood, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation.

7 validity of the rent formula developed by the FCC was not ripe for review, but that the FCC lacked statutory authority to regulate the wireless carriers and the provision of the Internet service under the 1996 Act. Gulf Power, 208 F.3d at 1279. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the latter determination. See National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc. v. Gulf Power Co., 534 U.S. 327, 122 S. Ct. 882, 151 L. Ed. 794 (2002). Accordingly, the FCC Order is reinstated.

SO ORDERED.

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