PPL ENERGYPLUS, LLC v. SOLOMON

Nos. 13-4330, 13-4501.

766 F.3d 241 (2014)

PPL ENERGYPLUS, LLC; PPL Brunner Island, LLC; PPL Holtwood, LLC; PPL Martins Creek, LLC; PPL Montour, LLC; PPL Susquehanna, LLC; Lower Mount Bethel Energy, LLC; PPL New Jersey Solar, LLC; PPL New Jersey Biogas, LLC; PPL Renewable Energy, LLC; Calpine Energy Services L.P.; Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC; Calpine New Jersey Generation, LLC; Calpine Bethlehem, LLC; Calpine Mid-Merit, LLC; Calpine Vineland Solar, LLC; Calpine Mid-Atlantic Marketing, LLC; Calpine Newark, LLC; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Genon Energy, Inc.; NAEA Ocean Peaking Power, LLC; PSEG Power, LLC; Atlantic City Electric Company; Public Service Electric & Gas Company, v. Lee A. SOLOMON, in his official capacity as President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Jeanne M. Fox, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Joseph L. Fiordaliso, in his official capacity as Commission of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Nicholas V. Asselta, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; CPV Power Development, Inc.; Appellant. *HESS NEWARK, LLC, Intervenor in USCA *(Pursuant to Courts order entered November 14, 2013). PPL Energyplus, LLC; PPL Brunner Island, LLC; PPL Holtwood, LLC; PPL Martins Creek, LLC; PPL Montour, LLC; PPL Susquehanna, LLC; Lower Mount Bethel Energy, LLC; PPL New Jersey Solar, LLC; PPL New Jersey Biogas, LLC; PPL Renewable Energy, LLC; Calpine Energy Services L.P.; Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC; Calpine New Jersey Generation, LLC; Calpine Bethlehem, LLC; Calpine Mid-Merit, LLC; Calpine Vineland Solar, LLC; Calpine Mid-Atlantic Marketing, LLC; Calpine Newark, LLC; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; Genon Energy, Inc.; NAEA Ocean Peaking Power, LLC; PSEG Power, LLC; Atlantic City Electric Company; Public Service Electric & Gas Company, v. Lee A. Solomon, in his official capacity as President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Jeanne M. Fox, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Joseph L. Fiordaliso, in his official capacity as Commission of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Nicholas V. Asselta, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; CPV Power Development INC.; Hess Newark, LLC. Lee A. Solomon, Jeanne M. Fox, Joseph Fiordaliso, Nicholas Asselta, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: September 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Engel , [Argued], Lisa J. Morelli , Jennifer S. Hsia , Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Department of Law & Public Safety, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, NJ, Alex Moreau , Office of Attorney General of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, Counsel for Appellants Lee A. Solomon, Jeanne M. Fox, Joseph Fiordaliso, and Nicholas V. Asselta in No. 13-4501.

Larry F. Eisenstat , Clifton S. Elgarten , [Argued], Richard Lehfeldt , Jennifer N. Waters , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Intervenor-Appellant CPV Power Development.

Justin N. Kattan , Richard M. Zuckerman , [Argued], New York, N.Y., Brian J. Molloy , Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Woodbridge, NJ, Counsel for Intervenor Hess Newark LLC.

Paul D. Clement , [Argued], Erin E. Murphy , Candice Wong , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, Counsel for Appellees.

Philip J. Passanante , Pepco Holdings, Inc./Atlantic City Electric Co., Newark, DE, Counsel for Atlantic City Electric Co.

David Musselman , Essential Power, LLC, Princeton, NJ, Counsel for Essential Power, LLC.

Robert C. Brady , William P. Deni, Jr. , Lawrence S. Lustberg , Justin T. Quinn , Gibbons, Newark, NJ, Counsel for Calpine Energy Services.

Sarah G. Novosel , Calpine Corporation, Washington, DC, Counsel for the Calpine Companies.

Darryl M. Bradford , Verónica Gómez , Exelon Corporation, Chicago, IL, David W. DeBruin , Matthew E. Price , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for Exelon Generation Co., LLC.

Jesse A. Dillon , PPL Services Corp., Allentown, PA, David L. Meyer , Morrison & Foerster, Washington, DC, Counsel for the PPL Companies.

Tamara Linde , Vaughn L. McKoy , PSEG Services Corp., Newark, NJ, Shannen W. Coffin , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, Counsel for PSEG Power, LLC and Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

John P. Coyle , Duncan & Allen, Washington, DC, Pamela M. Silberstein , National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington, VA, Counsel for Amici Appellants National, Rural Electric Cooperative Association and American Public Power Association.

Delia D. Patterson , American Public Power Association, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amicus Appellant American, Public Power Association.

Susanna Chu , Kaye Scholer, Washington, DC, Counsel for Amici Curiae Vermont Public Service Board, Vermont Department of Public Service, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners Inc., Maine Public Utilities Commission, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Connecticut Officer of Consumer Counsel, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, California Public Utilities Commission, and Attorney General of Connecticut.

Clare E. Kindall , [Argued], Office of Attorney General, New Britain, CT, Counsel to Amicus Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

Jeffrey A. Lamken , Martin Totaro Molo-Lamken , The Watergate, Washington, DC, Counsel to Amicus Curiae NRG Energy Inc.

Eugene Grace , American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC, Counsel to Amicus Appellant American Wind Energy Association.

Ashley C. Parrish , David G. Tewksbury , King & Spalding, Washington, DC, Counsel to Amici Curiae Electric Power Supply Association & Edison Electric Institute.

Stefanie A. Brand , Office of Public Defender, Trenton, NJ, Counsel to New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel.

Karis A. Gong , John L. Shepherd, Jr. , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, Counsel to Amicus Curiae PJM Power Providers Group.

Adam D. Chandler , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Robert H. Solomon , [Argued], Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, Counsel to Amici Curiae Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the United States of America.

James P. Melia , Aspassia V. Staevska , Kenneth R. Stark , Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel to Amicus Appellee Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Before: FUENTES and SHWARTZ, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

Dissatisfied with the stock and reliability of power-generating facilities in New Jersey, the state adopted the Long Term Capacity Pilot Program Act. The Act — known as LCAPP — instructed New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities to promote the construction of new power-generating facilities in the state. Rather than pay for the construction of these plants...

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