June 08, 2015
At the midpoint of the year, Law360 takes a look at possible landmark rulings still to come in cases involving emissions rules, multibillion-dollar penalties and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
January 02, 2015
While court battles over landmark regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may grab much of the spotlight in the new year, energy attorneys will also be tracking high-stakes legal brawls over fracking, energy market manipulation and natural gas sales.
October 21, 2014
The D.C. Circuit on Monday granted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's request to delay its mandate nixing the commission's controversial rule requiring that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods, as FERC mulls appealing the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
October 01, 2014
Utility groups told the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hasn't justified the need to stay the court's mandate to scrap a controversial rule requiring that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods.
September 23, 2014
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit to delay its mandate nixing the commission's controversial rule requiring that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods as the FERC mulls appealing the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 17, 2014
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday declined to review en banc a divided three-judge panel's ruling that nixed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's controversial rule requiring that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods.
June 11, 2014
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acting chair Cheryl LaFleur said Wednesday that the agency will ask the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its recent ruling that nixed the agency's controversial rule requiring that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods.
May 30, 2014
The D.C. Circuit's recent rejection of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rule that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods creates an administrative nightmare for regulators and grid operators and threatens the future of demand response resources in wholesale energy markets, experts say.
May 23, 2014
The D.C. Circuit on Friday threw out the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's controversial rule requiring that consumers be paid for using less power during high-demand periods, saying the agency trampled over the exclusive authority of states to regulate retail electricity markets.
September 23, 2013
A group of electricity companies urged the D.C. Circuit on Monday to toss a controversial Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rule requiring consumers be paid for using less power during high demand periods, claiming that authority lies with state regulators.