Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. v. Philadelphia Electric Co.

GERRY, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves a clash among powerful business interests. The four corporate parties have had a lengthy history of cooperation, but have now directed their energy to litigating claims against one another.

This litigation was fueled by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (“NRC”) suspension of power operations at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station (“Plant” or “Station”) in Delta, Pennsylvania. These operations were suspended on March 31, 1987 after the NRC was informed that operators at the plant were sleeping on duty; the NRC did not authorize their…