PEOPLE'S COUNSEL v. PUBLIC SERV. COMM'N

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Joseph G. Cleaver , Asst. People's Counsel ( Paula M. Carmody , People's Counsel, Theresa V. Czarski , Deputy People's Counsel, William F. Fields , Senior Asst. People's Counsel and Ronald Herzfeld , Asst. People's Counsel, Maryland Office of People's Counsel, Baltimore, MD), and argued by Susan Stevens Miller (Earthjustice, Washington, DC), on briefs, for Petitioners.

Argued by H. Robert Erwin , Gen. Counsel ( Joseph M. English , Asst. Gen. Counsel, Public Service Commission of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Lisa Brennan , Associate County Attorney, Marc P. Hansen , County Attorney and John P. Markovs , Deputy County Attorney, Rockville, MD; Gary R. Alexander and James K. McGee , Alexander & Cleaver, P.A., Annapolis, MD), and argued by David W. DeBruin ( Matthew E. Price and Zachary C. Schauf , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC; James L. Shea , J. Joseph Curran, III , F. William DuBois and Christopher S. Gunderson , Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD), on briefs, for Respondents.

Amicus Curiae for Edison Electric Institute: Emily S. Fisher, Esquire , Vice President, Law & Corporate Secretary, Edison Electric Institute, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004.

Argued Before: Barbera, C.J., Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.