Nantahala Power & Light Co. v. Thornburg

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• recognizing that Congress \vested\ in FERC \exclusive jurisdiction\ and \plenary authority over interstate wholesale rates\
• recognizing that Congress “vested” in FERC “exclusive jurisdiction” and “plenary authority over interstate wholesale rates”
• holding that NCUC’s failure to honor FERC-filed rates for the purposes of retail ratemaking caused trapped costs and was preempted by the Federal Power Act
• stating that the application of the filed rate doctrine to state tribunals is “a matter of enforcing the Supremacy Clause”
• suggesting that doctrine ensures that interstate rates filed with FERC are given binding effect by state utility commissions in determining intrastate rates
• indicating that judicial interference with regulated rates “usurp[s] a function that Congress has assigned to a ... regulatory body” (quotation omitted)

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