Maine Public Utilities Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Opinion for the court filed by SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

These consolidated petitions for review are before us once again. The Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Attorneys General of Connecticut and Massachusetts, representing energy customers, challenged FERC’s approval of a settlement agreement that redesigned New England’s electricity capacity market. Although we rejected most of petitioners’ challenges, we granted their petition regarding the argument that the settlement agreement’s Mobile-Sierra provision — which requires FERC to adjudicate…