Justice's wife dumps energy stock tied to FERC case

摘要

When Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer heard arguments in a major energy case this week, his wife had a financial stake in one of the companies involved. Breyer's wife, Joanna, owned stock in Johnson Controls Inc., whose subsidiary is a party in a pending case over a government rule aimed at incentivizing consumers to cut electricity use through a practice called "demand response." Johnson Controls owns EnergyConnect Group Inc., a company that provides demand response technologies and is among those urging the high court to uphold the rule.