City of Valdez v. Regulatory Commission of Alaska, Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, Harvest Alaska, LLC, Harvest Midstream I…

Summary

The court held that Valdez had standing to challenge both regulatory orders and that both appeals remained live despite completion of the pipeline-asset transfer. Valdez exhausted administrative remedies as to the order governing confidentiality of the initial financial statements, but did not exhaust remedies concerning the later transfer approval and subsequent confidentiality rulings. The court therefore reversed dismissal of the appeal concerning Order 6, affirmed dismissal of the appeal concerning Order 17, vacated the attorney-fee award, and remanded.