Illinois Commerce Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20137
No(s). 13-1674 et al (7th Cir. Jun 25, 2014)

The Seventh Circuit, for the second time, vacated a FERC order that allocates costs for certain new high-voltage network transmission lines in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. The order allocates the costs of the lines across all the utilities in proportion to each utility’s respective sales. But the...