NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

SJC-12886.

485 Mass. 595 (2020)

NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Frechette for the petitioner.

Gerald J. Petros , Special Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.

Jared S. des Rosiers , of Maine, Andrew O. Kaplan , Joshua D. Dunlap , Jed M. Nosal , & Jesse S. Reyes , for Central Maine Power Company, intervener, submitted a brief.

John K. Habib , Matthew S. Stern , Danielle C. Winter , Matthew Campbell , & Patrick H. Taylor , for NSTAR Electric Company & others, interveners, submitted a brief.

Mark C. Kalpin , Brett D. Carroll , & Christopher M. Iaquinto , for New England Power Generators Association, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


This case concerns recent legislation intended to facilitate the development of hydroelectric and other clean energy sources by requiring electricity distribution companies in the Commonwealth to contract for the purchase of electricity generated through environmentally friendly means. The challenged power purchase agreements (PPAs) would...

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