Bowfin KeyCon Hldgs. v. DEP

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: January 6, 2026
• Docket: 116 MAP 2023
• Status: Published

Opinion

[J-33E-2025, J-33F-2025, J-33G-2025 and J-33H-2025] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

JESSICA SHIRLEY, INTERIM ACTING : No. 113 MAP 2023 SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND : Appeal from the Order of the INTERIM ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF : Commonwealth Court at No. 41 MD THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD : 2022 dated June 28, 2022 : : SUBMITTED: May 13, 2025 v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE : REFERENCE BUREAU, STEPHANIE : FIELDER LATIMORE, DIRECTOR OF THE : LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, : AND AMY J. MENDELSOHN, DIRECTOR : OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CODE AND : BULLETIN : : : APPEAL OF: CONSTELLATION ENERGY : CORPORATION AND CONSTELLATION : ENERGY GENERATION, LLC, : : Possible Intervenors :

BOWFIN KEYCON HOLDINGS, LLC; : No. 114 MAP 2023 CHIEF POWER FINANCE II, LLC; CHIEF : POWER TRANSFER PARENT, LLC; : Appeal from the Order of the KEYCON POWER HOLDINGS, LLC; : Commonwealth Court at No. 247 HERITAGE POWER LLC; : MD 2022 dated June 28, 2022 PENNSYLVANIA COAL ALLIANCE; : UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA; : SUBMITTED: May 13, 2025 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF : ELECTRICAL WORKERS; AND : INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF : BOILERMAKERS, IRON SHIP BUILDERS, : BLACKSMITHS, FORGERS AND : HELPERS : : : v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND : PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL : QUALITY BOARD : : : APPEAL OF: CONSTELLATION ENERGY : CORPORATION AND CONSTELLATION : ENERGY GENERATION, LLC, : : Possible Intervenors :

JESSICA SHIRLEY, INTERIM ACTING : No. 115 MAP 2023 SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND : Appeal from the Order of the INTERIM ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF : Commonwealth Court at No. 41 MD THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD : 2022 dated November 1, 2023 : : SUBMITTED: May 13, 2025 v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE : REFERENCE BUREAU, STEPHANIE : FIELDER LATIMORE, DIRECTOR OF THE : LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, : AND AMY J. MENDELSOHN, DIRECTOR : OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CODE AND : BULLETIN : : : APPEAL OF: CONSTELLATION ENERGY : CORPORATION AND CONSTELLATION : ENERGY GENERATION, LLC, : : Possible Intervenors :

BOWFIN KEYCON HOLDINGS, LLC; : No. 116 MAP 2023 CHIEF POWER FINANCE II, LLC; CHIEF : POWER TRANSFER PARENT, LLC; : Appeal from the Order of the KEYCON POWER HOLDINGS, LLC; : Commonwealth Court at No. 247 HERITAGE POWER, LLC; : MD 2022 dated November 1, 2023 PENNSYLVANIA COAL ALLIANCE; : UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA; : SUBMITTED: May 13, 2025

[J-33E-2025, J-33F-2025, J-33G-2025 and J-33H-2025] - 2 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF : ELECTRICAL WORKERS; AND : INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF : BOILERMAKERS, IRON SHIP BUILDERS, : BLACKSMITHS, FORGERS AND : HELPERS : : : v. : : : PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND : PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL : QUALITY BOARD : : : APPEAL OF: CONSTELLATION ENERGY : CORPORATION AND CONSTELLATION : ENERGY GENERATION, LLC, : : Possible Intervenors :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of January, 2026, upon consideration of the applications

of Constellation Energy Corporation and Constellation Energy Generation, LLC

(collectively, Constellation), to discontinue the above-captioned appeals and the

responses thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that the applications are GRANTED as follows:

1. The above-captioned appeals are DISMISSED.

2. The June 28, 2022 and November 1, 2023 Orders of the Commonwealth Court

that are the subject of the above-captioned appeals are VACATED.

[J-33E-2025, J-33F-2025, J-33G-2025 and J-33H-2025] - 3 3. This matter is REMANDED to the Commonwealth Court with instructions to

dismiss as moot the original jurisdiction proceedings docketed at

No. 41 MD 2022 and No. 247 MD 2022.

Jurisdiction relinquished.

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