“In FERC’s response brief, the agency’s litigators just parroted the flawed arguments in the commission’s orders, but they offer nothing to excuse or explain the commission’s unlawful regulatory bait-and-switch,” Walker said in a statement Friday. “We look forward to the court’s review.”
Meanwhile, a FERC spokesperson said that the agency does not comment on ongoing court matters.
FERC Grid Plan Backtrack : Legal Teams Representing Each Party
Sunflower is represented by Erin E. Murphy and Nicholas A. Aquart of Clement & Murphy PLLC. Midwest Energy has a team from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, including Helgi C. Walker, William R. Hollaway, Jeffrey Liu, and Reed Sawyers. SPP is represented by Matthew J. Binette, Ruth M. Porter, and Sigifredo Perez of Wright & Talisman PC. Representing the Kansas Corporation Commission in-house are Brian G. Fedotin and Carly Rose Masenthin, while Basin Electric is represented by Jesse Halpern and Rebecca L. Shelton of Thompson Coburn LLP. FERC’s legal team includes general counsel Matthew R. Christiansen, solicitor Robert H. Solomon, and senior attorney Carol J. Banta.
