Category — Court Rulings

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 →]

On December 6, 2010, the United States Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) granted a petition from a group of electric utilities for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (“Second Circuit”) in Connecticut v. AEP.  [Read more →]

On Friday November 19, 2010, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that James M. Woodason, a former department manager at Consolidated Edison of New York (“Con Edison”), pleaded guilty to charges of accepting and agreeing to accept $807,000 in bribes from industrial pipe supply vendors.  [Read more →]