July 25, 2017
A New York federal judge on Tuesday nixed challenges to the Empire State's plan to subsidize struggling nuclear power plants, saying the plan doesn't intrude on federal jurisdiction of wholesale electricity markets and is a constitutional use of the state's authority to tackle climate change.
July 11, 2017
New York utility regulators Monday pushed for the dismissal of a challenge to a state plan to subsidize struggling nuclear power plants, contending that a Second Circuit decision from June upholding a Connecticut program for soliciting renewable energy projects shows the New York plan doesn't run afoul of federal law.
March 29, 2017
An attorney for New York state utility regulators on Wednesday urged a federal judge in Manhattan to reject challenges to the Empire State's plan to subsidize three struggling nuclear power plants as part of a clean-energy strategy, drawing a distinction between the plan and Maryland energy subsidies, which the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated last year.
March 29, 2017
Green groups on Tuesday told a federal judge the conclusion that nuclear power produces zero emissions when generating electricity asserted in New York’s plan to subsidize three struggling nuclear power plants is flawed, saying there is no evidence supporting such an assertion.
January 30, 2017
New York state utility regulators told a federal judge Friday that power providers and energy groups challenging the state's plan to subsidize three struggling nuclear power plants as part of its clean-energy program haven't shown any evidence that the plan is federally preempted.
January 09, 2017
Power providers and energy groups challenging New York state's plan to subsidize three struggling nuclear power plants as part of its clean-energy program said Friday that the state hasn't cited a single case in which a similar program survived a federal preemption and U.S. Constitution commerce clause challenge.
January 02, 2017
After a year filled with blockbuster rulings, energy litigation will again grab the spotlight in 2017, with an eagerly awaited decision on the legality of the Obama administration's signature Clean Power Plan taking center stage. Here are the cases that energy attorneys will be watching this year.
December 22, 2016
Environmental groups this week threw their support behind New York state's defense of its plan to subsidize three struggling nuclear power plants as part of its clean energy program, telling a federal judge that claims the subsidies usurp Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority over wholesale electricity markets are meritless.
December 12, 2016
New York state utility regulators urged a federal judge Friday to nix a suit challenging the state's plan to subsidize three struggling nuclear power plants as part of its clean energy program, arguing that the subsidies don't usurp Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authority over wholesale electricity markets.
October 19, 2016
A coalition of energy companies and groups filed a suit in federal court Wednesday against New York Public Service Commission officials over the state's plan to subsidize a group of nuclear power plants that have been struggling.