Allco Finance Limited v. Klee

  1. August 17, 2017

    2nd Circ. Won't Revisit Clean Energy Ruling Favoring Conn.

    The Second Circuit said Thursday it will not revisit its decision upholding Connecticut's program for soliciting renewable energy projects and its renewable energy standard against a solar company's challenge that the state's regulatory efforts infringed on federal powers and were discriminatory.

  2. June 28, 2017

    2nd Circ. Backs Conn. Clean Energy Solicitation Program

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld Connecticut's program for soliciting renewable energy projects and its renewable portfolio standard against a solar company's challenge, deciding that the state's regulatory efforts did not infringe on the powers of the federal government or improperly discriminate against out-of-state facilities.

  3. December 13, 2016

    2nd. Circ. Lifts Injunction In Conn. Clean Energy Fight

    The Second Circuit on Monday lifted its emergency injunction that blocked a joint solicitation for renewable energy projects by Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, after signaling the move during oral arguments Friday in a solar developer's challenge to Connecticut's clean energy procurement program.

  4. December 09, 2016

    2nd Circ. Poised To Clear Conn. For Clean Power Contracting

    The Second Circuit looked ready Friday to let Connecticut resume taking contract bids from New England renewable power producers under a 2013 state law, after a developer with operations in New York challenging the process conceded — in an apparent blow to its argument that the law runs afoul of the dormant Commerce Clause — that the feds retain ultimate authority.

  5. December 01, 2016

    Calif., NY Back Conn.'s Renewable Certificate Program

    California, New York and four other states urged the Second Circuit to find that Connecticut's rules on tradable renewable energy certificates don't conflict with the U.S. Constitution, saying the issue has implications for their own state programs.

  6. November 22, 2016

    Conn. Clean Energy Program Is Sound, 2nd Circ. Told

    Connecticut regulators urged the Second Circuit to uphold the dismissal of a solar developer's challenge to the state's clean energy procurement program, arguing Tuesday that the developer cannot seek federal-style contracts from a state program and that it does not usurp federal authority over wholesale electricity markets.

  7. November 03, 2016

    2nd Circ. Halts States' Bid For Clean Energy Projects

    The Second Circuit on Wednesday paused a joint solicitation for renewable energy projects by Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts while the appeals court considers a solar developer's challenge to Connecticut's clean energy procurement program for allegedly intruding on federal authority over wholesale power markets.