ELEC. POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION v. STAR

Nos. 17-2433 & 17-2445.

904 F.3d 518 (2018)

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Anthony M. STAR, Director of the Illinois Power Agency, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 13, 2018.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick N. Giordano , Attorney, GIORDANO & ASSOCIATES, LTD., Evanston, IL, Paul Gregory Neilan , Attorney, LAW OFFICES OF PAUL G. NEILAN, Highland Park, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in 17-2433.

David W. DeBruin , Attorney, William K. Dreher , Attorney, Matthew E. Price , Attorney, Zachary C. Schauf , Attorney, JENNER & BLOCK LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Benjamin Norris , IV, Attorney, AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE.

Robert Gordon Mork , Attorney, OFFICE OF UTILITY CONSUMER COUNSELOR, Indianapolis, IN, for Amicus Curiae NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCATES.

Aaron Martin Panner , Attorney, KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae ENERGY ECONOMISTS.

Jeffrey Whitefield Mayes , Attorney, MONITORING ANALYTICS, LLC, Norristown, PA, for Amicus Curiae MONITORING ANALYTICS, LLC, acting in its capacity as the Independent Market Monitor for PJM.

Jonathan B. Amarillo , Attorney, TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae ILLINOIS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and ILLINOIS INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS.

Eugene Grace , Attorney, AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION, Washingtion, DC, for Amicus Curiae AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION.

Ari Peskoe, I , Attorney, Jim Rossi , HARVARD ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INITIATIVE, Cambridge, MA, for Amicus Curiae ELECTRICITY REGULATION SCHOLARS.

Jonathan M. Rund , Attorney, NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE.

Margaret Elaine Meckenstock , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Oakland, CA, Melinda Pilling, Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Clare E. Kindall , New Britain, CT, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF CONNECTICUT.

Maura Healey , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Boston, MA, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Eric T. Schneiderman , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF NEW YORK.

Ellen F. Rosenblum , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Salem, OR, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF OREGON.

Robert W. Ferguson , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Montpelier, VT, for Amicus Curiae STATE OF VERMONT.

Thomas Zimpleman , Attorney, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL.

Michael Panfil , Attorney, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND.

Kristin Munsch , Attorney, CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae CITIZENS UTILITY BOARD.

Anne McKibbin , ELEVATE ENERGY , Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae ELEVATE ENERGY.

Joel J. Africk , Attorney, RESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae RESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION.

Samuel Taylor Walsh , Attorney, HARRIS, WILTSHIRE & GRANNIS LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae DALLAS BURTRAW , CHRISTOPHER KNITTEL , JOSHUA LINN , GILBERT METCALF , and SUSAN TIERNEY .

Howard A. Learner , Attorney, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER, for Amicus Curiae ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY CENTER.

Robert Lundman , Attorney, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Anand Viswanathan , Attorney, FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION.

Suyash Agrawal , Attorney, Paul Berks , Attorney, Leonard A. Gail , Attorney, MASSEY & GAIL LLP, Chicago, IL, William T. Dzurilla , Attorney, Pascual Armando Oliu , Attorney, Stuart H. Singer , Attorney, BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jonathan Massey , Attorney, MASSEY & GAIL LLP, Washington, DC, Mark Remy Yohalem , Attorney, Fred A. Rowley, Jr. , Attorney, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Attorney, Henry Weissmann , Attorney, MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, Los Angeles, CA, David A. Barrett , Attorney, Jonathan D. Schiller , Attorney, BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in 17-2445.

Before Easterbrook and Sykes, Circuit Judges, and Reagan, District Judge


Regional transmission organizations manage the interstate grid for electricity. See, e.g., Benton County Wind Farm LLC v. Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., 843 F.3d 298 (7th Cir. 2016); MISO Transmission Owners v. FERC, 819 F.3d 329 (7th Cir. 2016...

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