ILLINOIS COMMERCE COM'N v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 08-1306, 08-1780, 08-2071, 08-2124, 08-2239.

576 F.3d 470 (2009)

ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 6, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Kelliher, Office of the Attorney General, Illinois Commerce Commission, Chicago, IL, Paul Berks (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner Illinois Commerce Commission.

Steven J. Ross (argued), Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, DC, for Intervening Petitioner American Electric Power Service Corporation.

Jennifer S. Ammerkhail, Carol J. Banta (argued), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for Respondent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Glen Ortman, Stinson Morrison Hecker, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Old Dominion Electric Cooperative.

Gary J. Newell, Thompson Coburn, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc.

Robert A. Weishaar, Jr., McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondents PJM Industrial Customer Coalition, Coalition of Midwest Transmission Customers.

Jodi Rosen Wine, Elizabeth Ward Whittle, Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago, IL, for Intervening Respondent Strategic Energy LLC.

Miles H. Mitchell, Office of the People's Counsel, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Public Service Commission of Maryland.

Donald A. Kaplan, John L. Longstreth, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent PPL Electric Utilities Corp.

Catherine E. Stetson (argued), Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Virginia Electric and Power Co.

Tamara L. Linde, PSEG Services Corp., Newark, NJ, for Intervening Respondents PSEG Companies and PSEG Energy Resources and Trade.

Peter K. Matt, Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Pepco Holdings, Inc.

David M. Connelly, Dominion Resources Services, Inc., Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

Michael R. Engelman, Dickstein Shapiro, Kenneth M. Simon, Dickstein Shapiro, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent New York Power Authority.

Kenneth G. Jaffe, Alston & Bird, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent FirstEnergy Service Co.

Barry S. Spector, Wright & Talisman, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent PJM Interconnection.

Rachel Jeanne Lehr, Trenton, NJ, for Intervening Respondent New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

Gary E. Guy, Baltimore Gas ad Electric Co., Baltimore, MD, for Intervening Respondent Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.

A. Karen Hill, Exelon Corporation, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Exelon Corporation.

David E. Goroff, Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent Atlantic City Electric Co.

Denise C. Goulet, Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C., Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondent North Carolina Electric Membership Corp.

Steven A. Weiler, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Washington, DC, Randall Verne Griffin, Dayton Power and Light Co., Dayton, OH, for Petitioner Dayton Power and Light Co.

William F. Fields, Maryland Office of People's Counsel, Baltimore, MD, for Intervening Respondent.

Margaret E. Comes, Office of the Attorney General, Newark, NJ, New Jersey Bd. of Public Utilities, for Intervening Respondent New Jersey Bd. of Public Utilities.

Duane W. Luckey, Office of the Attorney General, Columbus, OH, for Petitioner Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We have before us challenges to a decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concerning the reasonableness of rates for the transmission of electricity over facilities owned by utilities that belong to a Regional Transmission Organization (that is, a power pool) called PJM Interconnection. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 119 F.E.R.C. ¶ 61,063, 2007 WL 1748619 (2007), rehearing denied, 122 F.E.R.C. ¶ 61,082 (2008); see...

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