Legal Opinion
PPL EnergyPlus, LLC v. Nazarian
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2014No. Nos. 13-2419, 13-2424PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KEENAN and Judge DIAZ joined.
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
At issue is a Maryland program to subsidize the participation of a new power plant in the federal wholesale energy market. Appellees are energy firms that compete with this new plant in interstate commerce. They contend that the Maryland scheme is preempted under the Federal Power Act’s authorizing provisions, which grant exclusive authority over interstate rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The district court agreed. For the reasons that…
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