Energy Archive » February, 2008

Energy - February, 2008

131 articles

• Judge Backs U.S. Energy Systems Truce
• Calif. Power Deregulation Plans Spark Criticism
• EPA, ChemCentral Settle Over Explosion
• U.S. May Reimburse DOE Contractor's $5M Judgment
• Suez Pays AEP $255M To Settle Contract Dispute
• Alaska To Sue BP Over Prudhoe Bay Spill
• McDermott Will & Emery Revs Up New Houston Office
• Maryland Sues Over $386M In Customer Credits
• Utility Asks FERC To Consider Power Corridor
• N.C. Pollution Claims Will Move Forward
• Italy's Gas Station Rules Spur EU Court Action
• 5th Circuit Revives Pollution Suit Against BP
• House Passes Tax Bill That Would Drop Oil Subsidies
• Sierra Club Sues Wellington Over Pa. Power Plant
• Hess Settles With N.Y. Conservation Regulators
• Senate Energy Committee Assails Bush Budget Plan
• Renewable Fuel Cos. Strike Deal In Contract Dispute
• Panel Refuses Chevron's Bid To Toss $2M Award
• Kroes Knocks Franco-German Energy Proposal
• Further Findings Barred In Halliburton Assault Case
• Calif. Can't Regulate Ship Emissions: 9th Circuit
• Chevron Loses Bid To Sanction Nigerian Riot Plaintiff
• Alaskan Town Sues ExxonMobil, Others Over GHGs
• Documents Reveal EPA Staff Support For Nixed Waiver
• Mercury Ruling Leaves EPA With Few Options
• Climate Bills Likely To Bring Risk To Utilities
• Reliant Unit Gets $468M For Power Plant
• Energy Cos. Win A Round In Price-Fixing MDL
• U.K.'s National Grid Fined £41.6M Over Gas Meters
• Judge Refuses To Recuse Himself From Massey Case
• USDA Foresees Fuel Demand Boosting Grain Prices
• Inventor Jabs Impact Selector With Drilling Patent Suit
• SEC Files Suit Against GMC Holding, CEO
• Dems Push For Halt To Oil Reserve Deliveries
• Judge Spurns Blast Victims' Bid To Toss BP Plea
• Asarco Wants Court OK For Northwest Settlements
• Paper Says Feds, States Must Act To Reduce GHG
• FERC Rules Promote Competition In Electricity Market
• Court Nixes Motion To Throw Out "Hot Fuel" MDL
• High Court Aims To Alter Product Liability Landscape
• High Court May Limit Exxon Valdez Punitive Damages
• Day Of Reckoning Comes For U.K.'s NatWest Three
• Creditors Pushing Ky. Coal Miner Toward Ch. 11
• New FERC Rules Aim At Curbing Cross-Subsidies
• U.K. Energy Markets Come Under Regulator's Scrutiny
• Orion Energy Faces Class Actions Over Down Forecast
• Mining Company Still On The Hook For Collapse
• Judge Refuses To Toss Energy Price-Fixing Case
• Flowserve To Pay $10M In Oil-For-Food Scandal
• BP Blast Impacts Residents' Health Views: Study
• SEC Ponders Changing 30-Year-Old Oil And Gas Rules
• FERC To Assess Impact Of Maine LNG Terminal
• Alaska High Court Rules For Shipping Rate Refunds
• Venezuela Ramps Up Rhetoric In Battle With Exxon
• Iberdrola Drilled By Antitrust Fine
• Carbon Tax More Efficient Than Cap-And-Trade: Study
• Venezuela Reaches $700M Settlement With Eni
• Massachusetts AG Raises Doubt Over NRC Relicensing
• FERC Chairman Rules Out Reregulation
• Kansas Bill To Build Coal-Fired Plants Advances
• States, Investors Pledge $10B To Energy Efficiency
• Blast Victims Lobby To Boost BP's Fine By Billions
• Debate On Long-Term Power Pacts Hits High Court
• Judge Returns Entergy Antitrust Case To State Court
• Eni, Venezuela Settle Dispute Over Dacion Field
• U.S. Urged To Try Harder To Cut Vehicle Emissions
• U.S. Lawmakers Eye Russian Energy Project
• U.S. Energy Loosens Grip Over Board
• State, Federal Regulators To Discuss Smart Grid
• Lawyers In Valdez Case Get Extra Minutes To Argue
• $350M A Year Sought To Revive Brownfields Program
• NRC Amends Rules On Worker Reports, Labeling
• Asarco Creditors Fire Up Over Push To Scuttle Smelter
• Court Rules Against Spanish Takeover Law
• New Judge Replaces Maynard On W.Va. High Court
• Coalition Argues For New Plant At N.Y. Waterfall
• New Bill Would Allow EPA To Fund Diesel Retrofits
• Chevron, Energen Spar Over Legal Fees
• Venezuela Halts Oil Sales To ExxonMobil
• U.S. Must Pay For WWII Plane-Gas Cleanup: Judge
• Power, Energy Sectors Lower GHG Intensity: Report
• Arbitrators Grant KBR $70M Judgment
• CBOE, CBOT Eye Deal On Voting Rights: Report
• Asarco Wins Extensions To Lobby For, File Plan
• Key Energy Challenges UMMA's Bankruptcy Stay
• Ex-Enron Broadband CFO Gets Conviction Tossed
• FERC Signals Optimism Over Southern Pipeline
• ATMI Monopolizing Gas Delivery Market: Praxair
• Pacific Lumber Resolves $1B In Qui Tam Claims
• Judge Could Put Brakes On Iberdrola Deal
• Chavez Threatens To Cut Off Oil Shipments To U.S.
• Claim Survives In Savannah River Discrimination Suits
• Green Groups Sue Over Pollution At Los Alamos
• Case Against Winston & Strawn Back On Track
• Chevron Calls For Arbitration In Biodiesel Project Spat
• Venezuela Sputters, But Exxon's Ready To Negotiate
• Reliant-Equistar Dispute Moved To Bankruptcy Court
• Appeals Court Overturns EPA Mercury Emission Rule
• Lawmakers Subpoena EPA's Documents On Emissions
• BP Refinery Probed Over Latest Texas City Accident
• Emissions Permits Stifle Development: Energy Exec
• Transocean Drill Patents Invalid: Norwegian Court
• Shareholders Hit NEGI With Derivative Class Action
• Victims Launch Campaign Against Exxon Valdez
• Arco Agrees To $187M Superfund Cleanup Settlement
• Constellation Unit Fires Back At Critics Of Deregulation
• Lawmaker Demands Probe Of Iran-Venezuela Oil Deal
• Venezuelan Oil Firm's Assets Frozen In Exxon Dispute
• FTC Seeks $256M In 2009 For Consumer Protection
• Court Won't Open Lawyers' Files To Ex-Westar Exec
• Entergy Case Challenges Limit On FERC's Power
• Greenpeace Raises Protest Over U.K. Power Station
• Price Hikes Prompt Probe Of U.K. Energy Market
• New Bill Would Halt Deliveries To U.S. Oil Reserve
• DOE Streamlines Natural Gas Reporting Schedule
• Bankruptcy Court Keeps Monitor Oil Case In U.S.
• Victims Have Their Say In BP Refinery Blast Suit
• Workers Claim Entergy Showed Race Bias In Hiring
• Morgan Lewis Adds Energy Transactions Partner
• Asarco Asks To Sell Assets To Aid Reorganization
• Asarco, Creditors Battle Bid To Appoint Examiner
• $6.8M Fee Award Order Vacated In Sulfur Fuel MDL
• Bankers, Green Groups Draft "Carbon Principles"
• BP Hit With $8.7M Suit Over Propane Scheme
• Fortune 500 Companies Buy Green Power
• U.K. Energy Market Needs Fixing: Watchdog
• Judge Allows Supplemental Briefs In Enron Suit
• DOE $25B Budget Still Has Gaps: Lawmaker
• State Can Sue TVA Over Pollution: Appeals Panel
• Calpine Exits Ch. 11 With $7.3B In Financing
• NLRB Seeks Injunction Against Massey Energy