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. ____________

No. 98-6430 ____________ 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 _____________ FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS

TEXAS UTILITIES ELECTRIC COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

2 ________________

No. 98-6442 ________________ 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 _________________ FCC Docket No. 97-151-CS

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

3 _________________

No. 98-6476 __________________ FCC Docket No. 97-151

DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

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No. 98-6477 ____________ FCC Docket No. 97-151

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC and POWER COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

4 ______________

No. 98-6478 ______________ FCC Docket No. 97-151

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

_______________

No. 98-6485 ________________ FCC Docket No. 97-151

DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

5 ________________

No. 98-6486 _________________ FCC Docket No. 97-151

DUQUESNE LIGHT COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

______________

No. 98-2589 _______________ FCC Docket No. 97-151

TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY,

Petitioner,

versus

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and UNITED STATES,

Respondents.

6 ____________

No. 98-4675 _____________ 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

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*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.