Surface Transportation Board Dismisses Part of Complaint Against Union Pacific
Posted on Apr 25, 2011 in Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Surface Transportation Board Dismisses Part of Complaint Against Union Pacific
The Surface Transportation Board has agreed to dismiss part of Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.’s (AEPCO) coal rate complaint against Union Pacific Railroad (UP). On March 24, AEPCO notified the board that it had settled a lawsuit with UP and asked the board to dismiss the sub-docket portion of the rate case. The sub-docket concerned a dispute between AEPCO and UP over...
Florida Public Service Commission to Consider Territorial Dispute Between Coop and Gulf Power
Posted on Apr 25, 2011 in Land Use, Litigation, Project Development | Comments Off on Florida Public Service Commission to Consider Territorial Dispute Between Coop and Gulf Power
Gulf Power Company, part of Atlanta, Georgia’s, Southern Company, is in dispute with Choctawhatchee Electric Cooperative (CEC) over which utility will provide electric service to a new mixed-use development in the Florida panhandle. The development, Freedom Parkway, located in Crestview, Florida, consists of roughly 171 acres and will serve both residential and commercial...
New Mexico Coop Clashes With Critics Over Records Requests
Posted on Apr 19, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on New Mexico Coop Clashes With Critics Over Records Requests
Coop members who have requested records from New Mexico-based Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in preparation for an upcoming rate case say the coop is unfairly refusing to release the requested records. After hundreds of Kit Carson members protested a proposed rate hike, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, in January, ordered an investigation into the rate increase. Many of...
Cobb EMC Incurs Tens of Millions in Legal Fees
Posted on Apr 8, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Derivative Suits, Litigation | Comments Off on Cobb EMC Incurs Tens of Millions in Legal Fees
As reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the embattled Georgia coop reported that it spent more than $10 million in legal fees for a period that covers just part of the coop’s recent legal troubles. The coop’s public relations firm declined to comment on Cobb EMC’s legal bills.
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative’s Annual Meeting Highlights Growth and Cost Issues
Posted on Apr 6, 2011 in Corporate Governance, Litigation, Rates | Comments Off on Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative’s Annual Meeting Highlights Growth and Cost Issues
The Montana cooperative resumed growth in 2010, and the rates paid by its members were increased in January 2011 and may be increased again this year. Future rates are largely dependent upon the outcome of Yellowstone Valley’s litigation regarding its membership in Southern Montana Electric Cooperative. For more on this story, see the Big Sky Business Journal.
Coop Responds in Montana Contract Dispute Case
Posted on Mar 30, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on Coop Responds in Montana Contract Dispute Case
Southern Montana Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative and its development arm, SME Electric filed a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit brought against them by the city of Great Falls and its electric utility arm, Electric City Power (ECP) seeking a security deposit return and judicial determination that the city’s contracts with Southern Montana are void. Southern...
Power Plant Bill Passes Arkansas Legislature, On to Governor
Posted on Mar 29, 2011 in Legislative & Politics, Litigation | Comments Off on Power Plant Bill Passes Arkansas Legislature, On to Governor
As reported in the Arkansas News, House Bill 1895 passed in the Arkansas Senate Monday on a 26-7 vote after passing in the House last week with a definitive 91-0 vote. The bill now goes to the governor and if approved will allow the state Public Service Commission to review in separate proceedings a public utility’s request for additional energy supply and proposal for a new...
YVEC in Litigation Over Exit from Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative
Posted on Mar 24, 2011 in Litigation, Project Development | Comments Off on YVEC in Litigation Over Exit from Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative (YVEC) is headed to trial in November in effort to leave Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative (Southern). YVEC, four other coops and the city of Great Falls, Montana, formed Southern in 2004 for the purpose of developing and owning a coal-fired power plant near Great Falls. However, with time, the cost of the plant...
Cobb EMC Case Thrown Out on a Legal Technicality
Posted on Mar 23, 2011 in Litigation | Comments Off on Cobb EMC Case Thrown Out on a Legal Technicality
The January indictment of former Cobb County EMC Chief Dwight Brown for stealing money from the coop and conspiring to conceal his actions from EMC members has been thrown out by Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy. Judge Flournoy found on Tuesday that the indictment was not “open to the public” because Brown’s counsel was effectively excluded from the courtroom when the...
Pedernales Running Out of Legal Options for Fuelberg Restitution
Posted on Mar 22, 2011 in Litigation, Patronage Capital | Comments Off on Pedernales Running Out of Legal Options for Fuelberg Restitution
Federal law and a settlement agreement will likely prevent the Pedernales Electric Cooperative board of directors from being able to withhold pension benefits from its former general manager, Bennie Fuelberg, or pursue a lawsuit against him for that money. Fuelberg was the head of Pedernales, the nation’s largest member-owned electric utility, for more than 30 years before he...
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