http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160125/supreme-court-rules-against-power -suppliers

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a group of power companies and several Republican attorneys general, including West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, in a case that deals with the federal government's ability to regulate regional energy markets.

In a 6-2 ruling, the Supreme Court voted to overturn a lower court's opinion that challenged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ability to regulate what is known in the power industry as demand response.

Demand response is a practice that allows large industrial or commercial electric customers - or larger groups of residential customers - to get paid for reducing the amount of power they use when electricity demand is at its highest.