United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

INDIANA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, MISSOURI JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY COMMISSION, NORTHERN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, AMERICAN MUNICIPAL POWER, INC., ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC AGENCY, KENTUCKY MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, Plaintiffs-Appellants

v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________

2022-1377 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:20-cv-02038-RAH, Judge Richard A. Hertling. ______________________

Decided: February 17, 2023 ______________________

PEGGY A. WHIPPLE, Healy Law Offices, LLC, Spring- field, MO, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. Also repre- sented by DOUGLAS HEALY; JOHN C. HAYES, JR., BRIAN J. WHITTAKER, Nixon Peabody LLP, Washington, DC.

STEVEN MICHAEL MAGER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Case: 22-1377 Do