METROPOLITAN EDISON v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY

No. 13-4288.

767 F.3d 335 (2014)

METROPOLITAN EDISON COMPANY; Pennsylvania Electric Company, Appellants v. PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION; Robert F. Powelson; John F. Coleman, Jr.; Pamela A. Witmer; *Gladys M. Brown; James H. Cawley, In their Official Capacities as Commissioners of The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; Office of Small Business Advocate; Met-Ed Industrial Users Group; Penelec Industrial Customer Alliance. *(Pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2)).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley A. Bingaman , Morgan E. Parke , Akron, OH, John N. Estes, III , Karis A. Gong , Christopher R. Howland , John L. Shepherd, Jr. [argued], Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, Glen R. Stuart , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellants.

James P. Melia , Robert F. Young , Bohdan R. Pankiw , Aspassia V. Staevska [argued], Kenneth R. Stark , Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Appellees Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Robert F. Powelson, John F. Coleman, Jr., Pamela A. Witmer, Gladys M. Brown, James H. Cawley.

Kimberly M. Colonna , Vasiliki Karandrikas , Charis Mincavage , McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, PA, Counsel for Intervenors-Appellees.

Before: AMBRO, JORDAN and ROTH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide the preclusive effect of a state utility agency's ruling, which has been affirmed by Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court and denied review by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court. Although the Appellants, electric utility companies Metropolitan Edison Co. ("Met-Ed") and Pennsylvania Electric Co. ("Penelec") (collectively, the "Companies"), also, in effect...

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