Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Cos.

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• Explaining that' § 7(b) of NGA prohibits, a natural gas producer from abandoning its contractual obligations without first obtaining FERC permission to do so
• explaining that the Commission “enjoys broad discretion in determining how best to handle related, yet discrete, issues in terms of procedures, . . . and priorities” (internal citations omitted)
• observing that “[t]ime and again, the [Supreme] Court has recognized that even where an agency’s enabling statute expressly requires it to hold a hearing, the agency may rely on its rulemaking authority to determine issues that do not require case-by-case consideration”
• affirming as reasonable the FERC's raising some ceilings for old gas, under authority of § 104(b)(2), 15 U.S.C. § 3314(b)(2), to above market level
• affirming as reasonable the FERC’s raising some ceilings for old gas, under authority of § 104(b)(2), 15 U.S.C. § 3314(b)(2), to above market level
• allowing the Commission to issue “general, prospective, and conditional” abandonment approvals under § 7(b)

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