Environmentalists Urge D.C. Circuit to Decide Clean Power Plan Case
Posted on Aug 7, 2017 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation | Comments Off on Environmentalists Urge D.C. Circuit to Decide Clean Power Plan Case
This past Thursday, August 3, 2017, certain environmental groups urged the D.C. Circuit to either decide the validity of the Clean Power Plan on its merits or terminate the case by remanding the case to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The environmental groups’ request stems from the D.C. Circuit’s decision in April to grant the EPA’s motion for a 60-day stay of the...
D.C. Circuit Pauses Litigation Over Clean Power Plan
Posted on Apr 28, 2017 in Climate Change, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on D.C. Circuit Pauses Litigation Over Clean Power Plan
On Friday, the D.C. Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stay request regarding the Clean Power Plan and ordered the parties to file briefs by May 15 on whether the cases should be remanded to the EPA or just kept on hold. Since President Trump’s executive order last month regarding “energy independence,” the EPA has asked for additional time to review the...
Superior Court Justice Upholds Verdict for Coop
Posted on Apr 19, 2017 in Litigation | Comments Off on Superior Court Justice Upholds Verdict for Coop
A Maine Superior Court Justice upheld a November 2016 jury verdict awarding $13.6 million to Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative. This verdict was the result of a finding that First Wind Holdings LLC and four of its former subsidiaries breached their contractual obligation to negotiate in good faith a contract to sell a section of an electricity transmission line to Eastern Maine...
Eleventh Circuit Rules Co-op Members Are Not Entitled to Immediate Cash for Profits
Posted on Jan 13, 2017 in Litigation, Patronage Capital | Comments Off on Eleventh Circuit Rules Co-op Members Are Not Entitled to Immediate Cash for Profits
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed (subscription required) a case brought by members of the Central Alabama Electric Cooperative (CAEC) against the central Alabama utility for distributing excess revenue by crediting the members’ capital accounts rather than making cash payments. The court found that Alabama law 37-6-20 does not require CAEC to distribute such...
Bluebonnet Electric Released from Liability Related to 2011 Wildfire
Posted on Jan 6, 2017 in Litigation | Comments Off on Bluebonnet Electric Released from Liability Related to 2011 Wildfire
The Smithville school board members voted to release Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative (Bluebonnet) for any liability related to the 2011 Bastrop County Complex Fire. The fire was caused by trees that fell on Bluebonnet’s power lines during high winds in the middle of the driest 12-month period of any area in Texas’ history. Dareld Morris, a school board trustee, acknowledged that the...
EPA Submits Proposed Model Trading Rules Regarding Clean Power Plan
Posted on Nov 7, 2016 in Environmental, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on EPA Submits Proposed Model Trading Rules Regarding Clean Power Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) submitted model trading rules that provide an optional path for states implementing the Clean Power Plan (CPP) to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for review. Although the CPP has been placed on hold by the U.S. Supreme Court, the EPA noted that sending the rules to the office follows a routine rule-development...
Coop Sues City Alleging Trademark Infringement
Posted on Oct 27, 2016 in Litigation | Comments Off on Coop Sues City Alleging Trademark Infringement
Co-Mo Electric Co-Op (Co Mo) has filed a lawsuit against Columbia, Missouri alleging that the name and logo of the city bus system, COMO Connect, infringes on the coop’s trademark for its broadband internet service. Co-Mo is seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the city from continuing to use the name and logo while the lawsuit is pending.
Dairyland Awarded $73.5 Million Settlement from Department of Energy for Storing Uranium
Posted on Oct 24, 2016 in Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Dairyland Awarded $73.5 Million Settlement from Department of Energy for Storing Uranium
CORRECTION: Dairyland Power Cooperative (“Dairyland”) will receive $73.5 million for the U.S. government’s failure to take spent fuel from its shuttered Genoa nuclear power plant to the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. As part of the settlement, Dairyland was able to negotiate significant savings on future liabilities. Dairyland’s board will determine how the money will be used...
Dairyland Awarded $73.5 Million Settlement from Department of Energy for Storing Uranium
Posted on Oct 21, 2016 in Environmental, Litigation, Regulation & Policy | Comments Off on Dairyland Awarded $73.5 Million Settlement from Department of Energy for Storing Uranium
Dairyland Power Cooperative (“Dairyland”) will receive $73.5 million for the U.S. government’s failure to take spent fuel from its shuttered Genoa nuclear power plant to the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. As part of the settlement, Dairyland was able to negotiate more than $13 million savings on future liabilities. Dairyland’s board will determine how the money will be used but...
D.C. Circuit Hears Challenge to Clean Power Plan
Posted on Sep 28, 2016 in Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Derivative Suits, Economic Downturn, Energy Savings Programs, Environmental, Financing, Grid & Infrastructure, Innovation/Efficiency, Land Use, Legislative & Politics, Litigation, Mergers/Acquisitions, Patronage Capital, Permitting, Project Development, Rates, Regulation & Policy, Reliability, Renewable Energy, Tax, Technology | Comments Off on D.C. Circuit Hears Challenge to Clean Power Plan
Ten D.C. Circuit judges heard argument regarding the EPA’s authority to enact the Clean Power Plan and the rule’s constitutionality. All active judges on the D.C. Circuit, with the exception of Merrick Garland, heard arguments from state government, power industry groups, the federal government and environmental groups.
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