Attorney General v. Mpsc

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan September 19, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice 134667-69 & (45) Michael F. Cavanagh 134671 Elizabeth A. Weaver 134673-74 Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan 134676-77 Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, Justices ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellant, v SC: 134667 COA: 259845 MPSC: U-13808 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, and CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., Appellees. ____________________________________________/ DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, Appellee, v SC: 134668 COA: 264099 MPSC: U-13808 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESSES ADVOCATING TARIFF EQUITY, MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP IN MICHIGAN, and CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., Appellees, and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellant. ____________________________________________/ ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellant, v SC: 134669 COA: 264191 MPSC: U-13808 2 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, ENERGY MICHIGAN, INC., CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., and ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESSES ADVOCATING TARIFF EQUITY, Appellees. ____________________________________________/ DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, Appellee, v SC: 134671 COA: 264099 MPSC: U-13808 ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESSES ADVOCATING TARIFF EQUITY, MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP IN MICHIGAN, CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellees, and MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellant. ____________________________________________/ DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, Appellee, v SC: 134673 COA: 264099 MPSC: U-13808 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESSES ADVOCATING TARIFF EQUITY, CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellees, and MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, and PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP IN MICHIGAN, Appellants. ____________________________________________/ MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL and PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP IN MICHIGAN, Appellants, 3 v SC: 134674 COA: 264131 MPSC: U-13808 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, and CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., Appellees. ____________________________________________/ DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, Appellee, v SC: 134676 COA: 264099 MPSC: U-13808 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, MICHIGAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP IN MICHIGAN, CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellees, and ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESSES ADVOCATING TARIFF EQUITY, Appellant. ____________________________________________/ ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESSES ADVOCATING TARIFF EQUITY, Appellant, v SC: 134677 COA: 264156 MPSC: U-13808 MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, ENERGY MICHIGAN, INC., CONSTELLATION NEWENERGY, INC., and ATTORNEY GENERAL, Appellees. ____________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the motion of Detroit Edison Company to exceed the page limit is GRANTED. The applications for leave to appeal the July 3, 2007 judgment of 4 the Court of Appeals are considered, and they are GRANTED, limited to: (1) whether “transmission costs” may be included in the power supply cost recovery factor, MCL 460.6j(1)(a) and (b); and (2) whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the Michigan Public Service Commission’s decision to prohibit recovery of the control premium that DTE Energy paid to acquire MCN Energy by including the premium in Detroit Edison’s rates was not supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence on the whole record. Const 1963, art 6, § 28; In re Complaint of Rovas Against SBC Michigan, 482 Mich 90 (July 23, 2008) (Docket Nos. 134493, 134500), slip op at 11-12. We further ORDER that these cases be argued and submitted to the Court together with the case of Attorney General v Michigan Public Service Commission (Docket No. 136431), at such future session of the Court as these cases are ready for submission. I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. September 19, 2008 _________________________________________ 0916 Clerk