Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. United States Steel Corp.

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

Northern Indiana Public Service Company (“NIPSCO”) appeals the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s (“IURC” or “Commission”) grant of United States Steel Corporation’s (“U.S.Steel”) Motion for Summary Judgment. 1 We reverse and remand.

Issues

The parties each raise two issues on appeal, which we consolidate and re-state as:

I. Whether this Court should review de novo an agency’s grant of summary judgment based entirely upon principles of contract interpretation; and

II. Whether the IURC erred in interpreting the documents executed by the parties.

Facts and…