COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. v. COMMERCE CON'N

Nos. 1-12-0544, 1-13-0544, 1-13-0632, 1-13-0653, 1-13-1063, 1-13-1120.

16 N.E.3d 228 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, Petitioner, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION; Ameren Illinois Company; C3, Inc.; Colation of Energy Suppliers (Interstate Gas Supply, Inc.; MidAmerican Energy Company; and North American Power and Gas, LLC); Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.; Environmental Law and Policy Center; Exelon Generation Company, LLC; FutureGen Industrial Alliance, Inc.; Illinois Coalition to Advance Renewable Energy (ACCIONA Energy North America Corporation; EDP Renewables North America LLC; Iberdrola Renewables, LLC; Invenergy LLC; and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC); Illinois Competitive Energy Association (Ameren Energy Marketing Company; Champion Energy, LLC; Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.; Direct Energy Services, LLC; Exelon Energy Company; Integrys Energy Services, Inc.; MC Squared Energy Services, LLC; FirstEnergy Solutions Corporation; Nordic Energy Services, LLC; and Reliant); Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers; Illinois Power Agency; National Resources Defense Council; Retail Energy Supply Association (Champion Energy Services, LLC; ConEdison Solutions; Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.; Direct Energy Services, LLC; Energetix, Inc.; Energy Plus Holdings, LLC; Exelon Energy Company; GDF Suez Energy Resources NA, Inc.; Green Mountain Energy Company; Hess Corporation; Integrys Energy Services, Inc.; Just Energy; Liberty Power; MC Squared Energy Services, LLC; Mint Energy LLC; NextEra Energy Services; Noble American Energy Solutions LLC; PPL EnergyPlus, LLC; Reliant; Stream Energy; TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd.; and TriEagle Energy, L.P.); Wind on the Wires, Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

July 22, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rooney Rippie & Ratnaswamy LLP ( E. Glenn Rippie , of counsel), and Jenner & Block LLP ( Barry Levenstam and Irina Dmitrieva , of counsel), both of Chicago, and Jenner & Block LLP, of Washington, D.C. ( David W. Debruin and Matthew E. Price , of counsel), for petitioner.

Shefsky & Froelich Ltd., ( John F. Kennedy , Jonathan B. Amarillo , Barton J. O'Brien , Rachel L. Schaller , and Cary E. Donham , of counsel), Illinois Commerce Commission, Office of General Counsel ( John P. Kelliher and Thomas R. Stanton , of counsel), Quarles & Brady LLP ( Christopher J. Townsend , Christopher N. Skey , and Adam T. Margolin , of counsel), Law Offices of Gerald T. Fox ( Gerald T. Fox , of counsel), Husch Blackwell LLP ( Douglas F. McMeyer , of counsel), Lisa Madigan , Attorney General ( Clifford W. Berlow , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), and Citizens Utility Board ( Julie Soderman and Orijit Ghoshal , of counsel), all of Chicago, Lueders Robertson and Konzen LLC, of Granite City ( Eric Robertson , Ryan Robertson , and Drew Rankin , of counsel), and Husch Blackwell LLP, of St. Louis, Missouri ( Kyle C. Barry and JoAnn T. Sandifer , of counsel), for respondents.


OPINION

Presiding Justice HARRIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Petitioner Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), Illinois Competitive Energy Association (ICEA), and Illinois Industrial Energy Consumers (IIEC) appeal the order of the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) that requires ComEd to enter into a sourcing agreement to procure electricity for the retail customers of alternative retail electric suppliers (ARES) and...

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