Ill. Commerce Comm'n v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n
| Citation | 721 F.3d 764 |
| Decision Date | 07 June 2013 |
| Docket Number | 11–3806,12–1027.,11–3586,Nos. 11–3421,11–3584,11–3795,11–3585,11–3430,11–3620,11–3787,s. 11–3421 |
| Parties | ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Seventh Circuit |
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Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, Carl J. Elitz, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for petitioner Illinois Commerce Commission, for docket no. 11–3421.
Jennifer S. Amerkhail, Attorney, Holly E. Cafer, Attorney, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3586, 11–3787, 11–3795, 11–3806 and 12–1027.
David Stewart Berman, Attorney, Matthew Joseph Binette, Attorney, Paul M. Flynn, Attorney, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC, for intervenor-intervening respondent Midwest ISO Transmission Owners, for docket no. 11–3421.
John Nowell Estes, III, Attorney, David W. Foster, Attorney, John L. Shepherd, Jr., Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor-intervenor FirstEnergy Service Company, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3806 and 12–1027.
Cynthia S. Bogorad, Attorney, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP, Washington, DC, for intervenor-intervenors Madison Gas and Electric Company, Midwest Municipal Transmission Group, Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission, Missouri River Energy Services and WPPI Energy, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795, 11–3806 and 12–1027.
David W. Foster, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Nicole Nocera, Attorney, Exelon Business Services Company, Chicago, IL, for intervenor-intervenor Exelon Corporation, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, and 11–3620.
Stephen L. Teichler, Attorney, Duane Morris LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew R. Dorsett, Attorney, MISO, Carmel, IN, for intervening respondent Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Incorporated, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795 and 11–3806.
Bruce A. Grabow, Attorney, Locke Lord LLP, Washington, DC, for intervening respondent E.ON Climate & Renewables North American LLC, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620 and 12–1027.
David W. Foster, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Sheree L. Kelly, Attorney, PSEG Services Corporation, Law Department–Regulatory Group, Newark, NJ, for intervening respondent Public Service Electric & Gas Company, for docket no. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3586 and 11–3620.
David W. Foster, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Langkamer, Attorney, Carl A. Solano, Attorney, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for intervening respondent PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795, 11–3806 and 12–1027.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Gary J. Newell, Attorney, Thompson Coburn, Washington, DC, for, intervening petitioner American Municipal Power, Inc., for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585 and 11–3586.
Linda G. Stuntz, Attorney, Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, Washington, DC, for intervening respondents International Transmission Company doing business as ITC Transmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC, and ITC Midwest LLC, for docket no. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795, 11–3806, 11–3584 and 12–1027.
Eugene Grace, Attorney, American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC, for intervening respondents American Wind Energy Association and Wind of the Wires, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586 and 11–3620.
David W. Foster, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, John Longstreth, Attorney, K & L Gates LLP, Washington DC, for intervening respondents PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and PPL Energyplus, LLC, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586 and 11–3620.
Andrew Bradley Young, Attorney, K & L Gates LLP, Washington DC, for intervening respondent Edison Mission Energy, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787 and 11–3795.
Mark J. Crandley, Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IL, for intervening petitioner Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company, doing business as Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana, Inc., for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787 and 11–3795.
Justin W. Kraske, Attorney, Montana Public Service Commission, Helena, MT, for intervening petitioner Montana Public Service Commission, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795, 11–3806 and 12–1027.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, Michael S. Varda, Attorney, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, for intervening petitioner Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3586, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795, 11–3806 and 12–1027.
William H. Smith, Jr., Attorney, Organization of MISO States, Des Moines, IA, for intervenor Organization of MISO States, Incorporated, for docket nos. 11–3421, 11–3430, 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3620, 11–3787, 11–3795 and 11–3806.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Randolph Lee Elliott, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, for petitioners Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Incorporated and Southern Illinois Power Cooperative, Incorporated, for docket no. 11–3430.
Jennifer S. Amerkhail, Attorney, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for docket no. 11–3430.
David Stewart Berman, Attorney, Matthew Joseph Binette, Attorney, Paul M. Flynn, Attorney, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC, for intervenor-intervening respondent Midwest ISO Transmission Owners, for docket no. 11–3430.
Mark J. Crandley, Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IL, for intervening petitioner Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company, for docket no. 11–3430.
John Nowell Estes, III, Attorney, David W. Foster, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner FirstEnergy Service Company, for docket no. 11–3584.
Jennifer S. Amerkhail, Attorney, Holly E. Cafer, Attorney, Robert H. Solomon, Attorney, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, for docket nos. 11–3584, 11–3585 and 11–3620.
David Stewart Berman, Attorney, Matthew Joseph Binette, Attorney, Paul M. Flynn, Attorney, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC, for intervening-respondent Midwest ISO Transmission Owners, for docket no. 11–3584, 11–3585, 11–3620 and 11–3787.
Noel Symons, Attorney, McGuireWoods LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioners Duke Energy Ohio, Incorporated and Duke Energy Kentucky, Incorporated, for docket no. 11–3585.
David Stewart Berman, Attorney, Matthew Joseph Binette, Attorney, Paul M. Flynn, Attorney, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC, for petitioner Midwest ISO Transmission Owners, for docket no. 13–3586 and 12–1027.
David Stewart Berman, Attorney, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC, for petitioners Ameren Illinois Company, doing business as Ameren Illinois, Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois, Great River Energy and Allete, Incorporated, for docket no. 11–3586.
William H. Smith, Jr., Attorney, Organization of MISO States, Des Moines, IA, for intervening petitioner Organization of MISO States, Incorporated, for docket no. 11–3586.
Gary J. Newell, Attorney, Thompson Coburn, Washington, DC, for petitioner American Municipal Power, Inc., for docket no. 11–3620 and 12–1027.
Kelly A. Daly, Attorney, Dennis Lane, Attorney, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Washington, DC, for intervening petitioner Michigan Public Service Commission, for docket no. 11–3620.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Robert A. Weishaar, Jr., Attorney, McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, Washington, DC, for petitioner Coalition of Midwest Transmission Customers, for docket no. 11–3787.
W. Richard Bidstrup, Attorney, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP, Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, for petitioner Electricity Consumers Resource Council, for docket no. 11–3787.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, R. Eric Robertson, Attorney, Lueders, Robertson & Konzen, granite City, IL, for petitioner Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers, for docket no. 11–3787.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, Andrew P. Moratzka, for petitioner Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group, for docket no. 11–3787.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, Donald E. Erickson, Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for petitioner Bill Schuette, Michigan Attorney General, for docket no. 11–3795.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, Robert A.W. Strong, Clark Hill PLC, Birmingham,MI, for petitioner Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity, for docket no. 11–3795.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Deborah Moss, Attorney, Washington, DC, for petitioner Consumers Energy Company, for docket no. 11–3795.
Barry Cohen, Attorney, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, Matthew Misiak, Attorney, DTE Energy Company, Detroit, MI, for petitioner Detroit Edison Company, for docket no. 11–3795.
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