Category — Court Rulings

On March 18, 2011, California Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmith issued a final statement of decision against the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) that halted further implementation of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) regulations under Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (“AB 32”), until another “scoping plan” is completed. [Read more →]

On February 11, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“DC Circuit”) vacated FERC orders that approved the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.’s (“Midwest ISO’s”) Schedule 2-A (“Schedule 2-A”) of the region’s Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff (“tariff”) for being unduly discriminatory. [Read more →]

On February 8, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit” or the “court”) denied a petition for review filed by the Maryland Public Service Commission and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (together, “Petitioners”).  [Read more →]

On February 1, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (the “Ninth Circuit”) decided that the Department of Energy (“DOE”) failed to consult with affected states when conducting their congestion study as part of section 216 of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), and the designations of the Mid-Atlantic Area National Corridor (“Mid-Atlantic Corridor”) and the Southwest Area National Corridor (“Southwest Corridor”) were arbitrary and capricious.  [Read more →]

On January 10, 2010, the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) stated that it will not review the Comer v. Murphy Oil case, which is a class-action suit against energy, fossil fuel and chemical companies doing business in Mississippi [Read more →]