Proposed Texas Bill Would Give Customers Grounds to Sue
Posted on Feb 14, 2013 in Energy Savings Programs, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Regulation & Policy, Technology | Comments Off on Proposed Texas Bill Would Give Customers Grounds to Sue
In addition to creating a cause of action against utilities for theft and improper use of data, a proposed Texas bill, H.B. 1171, also provides customers with the right to opt out of smart meter programs and the right to have previously installed meters removed. This bill differs from a prior Senate bill in that H.B. 1171 provides customers with this cause of action but does not...
Arizona Appealing EPA Decision Requiring Upgrades to Coal Plants
Posted on Feb 1, 2013 in Environmental, Litigation | Comments Off on Arizona Appealing EPA Decision Requiring Upgrades to Coal Plants
The Arizona Attorney General is seeking an appellate court review of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision requiring pollution control upgrades at three coal plants. One of the coal plants in question, the Apache Power Plant, is owned by the Arizona Electric Power Cooperative. The Arizona Daily Star is following this story.
Court Rules that LCRA Did Not Violate Wholesale Agreements
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Court Rules that LCRA Did Not Violate Wholesale Agreements
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) was victorious last Thursday when a Travis County, Colorado, district judge held that LCRA had not violated power agreements with four of its wholesale electric customers because it had not breached a contract clause requiring that all of its customers be offered the same rate. The customers, which are utilities that sell electricity...
Federal Court Rejects Rehearing on EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Climate Change, Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Federal Court Rejects Rehearing on EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Last Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a two-sentence order in which it declined to reopen a decision that struck down the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) sweeping Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. The decision striking down the rule was issued last August by a three-judge panel of the circuit court after the National Rural Electric...
Tri-State to Challenge Jurisdiction of New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Over Rates
Posted on Jan 28, 2013 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Tri-State to Challenge Jurisdiction of New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Over Rates
The board of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. recently voted to move forward with a legal challenge of the Public Regulation Commission’s (PRC) jurisdiction over rate increases for distribution coops in New Mexico. This move comes after the PRC determined in December 2012 that the distribution coops had raised valid concerns regarding the rate increases. The...
Coop Seeks Expedited Ruling to Prevent Tribal Takeover
Posted on Jan 14, 2013 in Corporate Governance, Litigation, Rates, Reliability | Comments Off on Coop Seeks Expedited Ruling to Prevent Tribal Takeover
After filing an amended complaint on December 14, the Northern Rio Arriba Electric Cooperative is asking a federal judge for an expedited ruling to prevent a New Mexico tribal authority from potentially taking ownership of its electric distribution system on a Northern New Mexico Indian reservation as early as next month. The coop is also seeking an order that would compel the...
Judge Denies Sierra Club’s Challenge to $3 Billion Mississippi Coal Plant
Posted on Dec 19, 2012 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Permitting, Project Development, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Judge Denies Sierra Club’s Challenge to $3 Billion Mississippi Coal Plant
A Mississippi judge has ruled against the Sierra Club’s attempt to invalidate the licensing for a $3 billion coat plant granted to Mississippi Power Co. Inc. and South Mississippi Electric Power Association by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. The court held that policy decisions on long-term solutions for fuel diversity and price stability of fuels used in electric...
New Mexico Coop Sees Insurance Premiums Spike
Posted on Dec 13, 2012 in Corporate Governance, Litigation | Comments Off on New Mexico Coop Sees Insurance Premiums Spike
Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative faces an almost 33 percent increase in its overall insurance premiums resulting from a significant increase in general liability, workers’ compensation and executive officer-specific claims. The coop plans to explore other insurance providers and quotes to avoid an almost $200,000 increase in insurance premiums. The Rio Grande Sun has...
New Mexico Coops and Tri-State G&T in Rate Battle
Posted on Dec 11, 2012 in Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Rates, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on New Mexico Coops and Tri-State G&T in Rate Battle
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative and two other New Mexico coops are battling a rate increase proposed by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State). Specifically, the coops filed a protest calling for a public hearing on the rate increase. The coops cited a New Mexico law that allows the Public Regulation Commission to call a hearing on rates if three or more...
Coop and River Authority Reach Preliminary Settlement in Pending Lawsuit
Posted on Dec 10, 2012 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Coop and River Authority Reach Preliminary Settlement in Pending Lawsuit
Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) and the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) have reached a preliminary settlement of the lawsuit filed by LCRA after GVEC notified the authority of GVEC’s intent to terminate its wholesale electric contract with LCRA. GVEC is one of 10 wholesale customers of LCRA that chose not to extend contracts expiring in June 2016. The non-extending...
Subscribe
