COMMONWEALTH EDISON v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE

No. 118129.

51 N.E.3d 788 (2016)

402 Ill. Dec. 36

2016 IL 118129

COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY et al., Appellees, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION et al. (Illinois Competitive Energy Association et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Timothy Eaton , John F. Kennedy and Jonathan B. Amarillo , of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, of Chicago, and Eric Robertson , of Lueders Robertson and Konzen, of Granite City, for appellants.

Barry Levenstam , of Jenner & Block LLP, of Chicago, and Matthew E. Price , of Jenner & Block LLP, of Washington, DC, for appellee Commonwealth Edison Company.

John P. Kelliher and Thomas R. Stanton , Special Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, for appellee Illinois Commerce Commission.

Husch Blackwell LLP ( Douglas F. McMeyer , of Chicago, and Kyle C. Barry and JoAnn T. Sandifer , of St. Louis, Missouri, of counsel), for appellee FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc.

Christopher J. Townsend , Christopher N. Skey , and Adam T. Margolin , of Quarles & Brady LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae The Coalition of Energy Suppliers.

Richard J. Prendergast and John C. Ellis , of Chicago, for amicus curiae The Commercial Group.


OPINION

¶ 1 The subject of this case is the FutureGen 2.0 "clean coal" project in Illinois. The issue brought before this court is whether the Illinois Commerce Commission (the Commission) has the authority to require Commonwealth Edison and Ameren, the two largest...

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