PIONEER TRAIL WIND FARM, LLC v. F.E.R.C.

Nos. 13-2326, 14-3023.

798 F.3d 603 (2015)

PIONEER TRAIL WIND FARM, LLC, et al., American Wind Energy Association, et al., Intervening Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., et al., Intervening Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Grabow , Attorney, Locke Lord Edwards LLP, Washington, DC, for Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, LLC, et al.

Eugene Grace , Attorney, American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC, for Intervening Petitioners.

Elizabeth Evans Rylander , Robert H. Solomon , Attorney, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

John Fontana Cooney , Attorney, Venable LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervening Respondents.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, HAMILTON, Circuit Judge, and DARRAH, District Judge.


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