Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jay E. Silberg, Washington, DC, argued the cause for utility petitioners, with whom David J. Cynamon and Mindy A. Buren, were on the briefs.
Don L. Keskey, Assistant Attorney General, Lansing, MI, argued the cause for state petitioners, with whom Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Henry J. Boynton and Larry G. Watterworth, Assistant Attorneys General, Lansing, MI, Robert S. Golden, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Hartford, CT, Robert D. VanDiver, General Counsel, Florida Public Service Commission, Tallahassee, FL, Judith S. Yogman and Leslie Greer, Assistant Attorneys General, Boston, MA, Rolayne Ailts Wiest, Assistant Attorney General, South Dakota, Greg Huwe, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, Michael A. Gross, Assistant Attorney General, Florida, Mary W. Cochran, General Counsel, Arkansas Public Service Commission, Bryan G. Moorhouse, General Counsel, and Susan S. Miller, Assistant General Counsel, Maryland Public Service Commission, Baltimore, MD, Roger W. Steiner, Assistant General Counsel, Missouri Public Service Commission, Jefferson City, MO, Charles F. Walker and Kevin P. Maloney, Deputy Attorneys General, Delaware, Wilmington, DE, Carla J. Stovall, Attorney General, and John W. Campbell, Deputy Attorney General, Kansas, Topeka, KS, Diane Munns, Acting General Counsel, Iowa Utilities Board, Des Moines, IA, Conrad Smith, Vermont, Lawrence F. Barth, Assistant Counsel, Veronica A. Smith, Deputy Chief Counsel, and John F. Povilaitis, Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Steven M. Schur, Chief Counsel, and David Ludwig, Attorney, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Edward W. O'Neill, San Anselmo, CA, and Robert C. Cagen, Public Utilities Commission of California, Lawrence G. Malone, Solicitor, New York State Public Service Commission, Albany, NY, Lester M. Bridgeman, Alabama Public Service Commission, Mobile, AL, James J. Grawe, Assistant Attorney General, Kentucky, Frankfort, KY, M. Brent Hare, Assistant Attorney General, Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Caroline Vachier and Helene S. Wallenstein, Deputy Attorneys General, New Jersey, Newark, NJ, James R. Anderson, Assistant Consumer Advocate, New Hampshire, Concord, NH, Jeffrey B. Pine, Attorney General, Paul J. Roberti and Alan M. Schoer, Special Assistant Attorneys General, Rhode Island, Providence, RI, Shirley E. Guntharp, Deputy Attorney General, and Charles L. Moulton, Assistant Attorney General, Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, George M. Fleming, Mississippi Public Service Commission, L. Steven Grasz, Deputy Attorney General, Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, Frank Spencer, Special Assistant Attorney General, Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Wynn E. Arnold, Assistant Attorney General, New Hampshire, Concord, NH, Ben Stead, Iowa, Des Moines, IA, Carl Josephson, Assistant Attorney General, Virginia, Richmond, VA, F. David Butler, General Counsel, Public Service Commission of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Thomas D. Warren, State Solicitor, Maine, Augusta, ME, Charles E. Johnson, Special Assistant Attorney General, North Dakota Public Service Commission, Bismarck, ND, Daniel B. Dovenbarger, Deputy Attorney General, Indiana, Indianapolis, IN, Sammy R. Kirby, Deputy General Counsel, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Raleigh, NC, Duane W. Luckey and Steven T. Nourse, Assistant Attorneys General, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Columbus, OH, Joel H. Peck, Senior Counsel, and C. Meade Browder, Jr., Attorney, Virginia State Corporation Commission, Richmond, VA, Gary J. Newell and Frances E. Francis, Public Systems Group, Washington, DC, Michael R. Fontham, New Orleans, LA, and Noel J. Darce, Louisiana Public Service Commission, Jennings, LA, Charles D. Gray, General Counsel, and James Bradford Ramsay, Assistant General Counsel, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Washington, DC, and Eric A. Eisen, Arizona Corporation Commission, Bethesda, MD, were on the briefs.
Jerry Stouck and Robert L. Shapiro, Washington, DC, were on the briefs for petitioner Yankee Atomic Electric Company.
John A. Bryson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents. Martin W. Matzen, Attorney, entered an appearance.
William H. Chambliss, Senior Counsel, and C. Meade Browder, Jr., Attorney, Richmond, VA, were on the brief for intervenor Virginia State Corporation Commission.
Michael A. Bauser, Washington, DC, was on the brief for intervenor Northeast Utilities Service Company.
Before: WILLIAMS, GINSBURG and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.
