Law360, New York (August 07, 2009) -- A federal appeals court has granted a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of a financing scheme for the construction of new high-voltage power transmission facilities serving the Mid-Atlantic region, asserting that Midwestern utilities are being asked to shoulder too much of the burden.
In a split opinion issued Thursday, a majority in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit sided with the contentions of Ohio and Illinois utility commissions, which objected...
