IN RE MICH. ELEC. TRANS. CO. APP.

Docket Nos. 317872, 317893.

867 N.W.2d 911 (2014)

309 Mich. App. 1

In re APPLICATION OF MICHIGAN ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CO.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 18, 2014.

Approved for publication January 13, 2015, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dykema Gossett PLLC (by Albert Ernst , Gary P. Gordon , and Shaun M. Johnson , Lansing) for the Michigan Electric Transmission Company.

Kitch Drutchas Wagner Valitutti & Sherbrook (by Michael J. Watza , Detroit, Robert T. Kent , and Joshua D. Trexler ) for HAR Company LLC and others.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Matthew Schneider , Chief Legal Counsel, B. Eric Restuccia , Counsel of Record, and Steven D. Hughey and Lauren D. Donofrio , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Michigan Public Service Commission.

James W. Porter , Kalamazoo, for Oshtemo Charter Township.

Bauckham, Sparks, Lohrstorfer, Thall & Seeber, PC, Kalamazoo (by Kenneth C. Sparks and Robert E. Thall ), for the Michigan Townships Association, the Michigan Municipal League, the Public Corporation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, and the Michigan Coalition to Protect Public Rights-of-Way.

Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap, PC, Lansing (by Michael S. Ashton ), for the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association.

James A. Ault for the Michigan Energy Providers Group.

Before: OWENS, P.J., and MARKEY and SERVITTO, JJ.


In these consolidated cases, appellants Landowners1 and Charter Township of Oshtemo appeal as of right an order of the Michigan Public Service Commission (PSC) approving the application of Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (METC), for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) for construction...

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