Florida Public Service Commission Rules against Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative in Service Dispute
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Litigation | Comments Off on Florida Public Service Commission Rules against Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative in Service Dispute
The Florida Public Service Commission voted unanimously against awarding the right to serve a new mixed-use development in the Florida panhandle to Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative. Instead, the Commission awarded the right to serve the development to Gulf Power Company, part of Southern Company. The Northwest Florida Daily News has the rest of the story.
Montana Coop Refuses to Pay Umbrella Organization’s Rate Hikes
Posted on Aug 8, 2011 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Montana Coop Refuses to Pay Umbrella Organization’s Rate Hikes
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative (YVEC), which is Southern Montana Electric Transmission and Generation Cooperative’s largest member, is refusing to pay for recent rate increases and fees imposed by Southern. YVEC, a Huntley-based cooperative, is one of five rural cooperatives, along with the city of Great Falls, that are members of Billings-based Southern. YVEC represents 32...
Tenth Circuit Reinstates Coop Lawsuit Against Municipality
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on Tenth Circuit Reinstates Coop Lawsuit Against Municipality
An appeals court decision handed down last Friday could have important implications in the competition between municipal utilities and rural electric cooperatives. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kay Electric Cooperative can sue the City of Newkirk, Oklahoma, for allegedly violating the federal antitrust law in a fight over which electrical utility can serve the new...
Carroll Electric Responds to Members’ Complaint
Posted on Jul 28, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Litigation, Patronage Capital | Comments Off on Carroll Electric Responds to Members’ Complaint
Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation issued a statement Tuesday in response to a July 19 complaint filed with the Arkansas Public Service Commission by cooperative members. Among other matters addressed in the complaint, members requested increased transparency and democratic governance of the coop. In its statement, Carroll Electric pointed to a May survey as evidence of member...
SWEPCO Settles With Arkansas Landowners in Coal Plant Suit
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on SWEPCO Settles With Arkansas Landowners in Coal Plant Suit
Louisiana-based Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has reached a settlement with landowners opposing the construction of its $2 billion, 600-megawatt, coal-fired plant in Arkansas. The confidential settlement means that legal challenges by area landowners to the plant’s air and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits have been dropped. This is only part of the battle for SWEPCO,...
Carroll Electric Coop Faces Class Action
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Litigation | Comments Off on Carroll Electric Coop Faces Class Action
On Tuesday, members of the Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation filed a class action complaint against the coop with the Arkansas Public Service Commission. The class seeks, among other things, increased transparency and democratic governance of Carroll Electric as well as patronage capital (the repayment of capital credits to coop members). Carroll County News has the...
Court of Appeals Panel Dismisses Challenge to Nuclear Plant License
Posted on Jul 13, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on Court of Appeals Panel Dismisses Challenge to Nuclear Plant License
A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit dismissed a challenge to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s renewal of a license for a nuclear plant to be located at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa. The petitioners’ challenge was based on the environmental impact of the plant’s continued operation. The panel ruled that the 60-day window for a...
New Mexico Appellate Court Reduces Damages Award Levied Against Torrance County Electrical Coop
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on New Mexico Appellate Court Reduces Damages Award Levied Against Torrance County Electrical Coop
A New Mexico State Appeals Court has slashed a multimillion-dollar judgment against a Torrance County electric cooperative, reducing the award from $21 million to $4.2 million, after determining the lower court misapplied the concept of consequential damages. The original award stemmed from a lower court’s determination that the coop, Central New Mexico Cooperative, was partially...
New Mexico Appellate Court Reduces Damages Award Levied Against Torrance County Electrical Coop
Posted on Jul 11, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on New Mexico Appellate Court Reduces Damages Award Levied Against Torrance County Electrical Coop
A New Mexico State Appeals Court has slashed a multimillion-dollar judgment against a Torrance County electric cooperative, reducing the award from $21 million to $4.2 million, after determining the lower court misapplied the concept of consequential damages. The original award stemmed from a lower court’s determination that the coop, Central New Mexico Cooperative, was partially...
The D.C. Circuit Rejects Sierra Club’s Citizen Suit
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 in Environmental, Litigation | Comments Off on The D.C. Circuit Rejects Sierra Club’s Citizen Suit
In a decision issued Friday, the D.C. Circuit rejected the Sierra Club’s appeal of the dismissal of its suit seeking to compel the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the construction of two power plants in Kentucky. The Sierra Club brought this suit under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act to challenge the EPA’s failure to take action to prevent the construction...
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