Energy Archive » June, 2008

Energy - June, 2008

118 articles

• Georgia Court Denies Air Permit For Coal Plant
• Supreme Court To Hear Alaska Mine Tailings Case
• FERC's Enforcement Program – Incremental Updates
• Nossaman Merges With D.C. Firm
• D.C. Circuit Rebuffs Petition For EPA Deadline
• High Court Rejects $20.7M Pollution Award Appeal
• Wake-Up Call For Oil Industry Competition Compliance
• BP Blast Victims Ask High Court To Stay Plea Deal
• Deal In Massey Energy Derivative Suit Gets Court OK
• Plaintiffs Demand Le Carbone Data In Antitrust Suit
• Calpine Battles Employee's Bid For Incentive Bonus
• U.S. Jail Time Suspended For British Cartel Members
• House Bill Directs CFTC To Use Emergency Powers
• California Unveils Bold Climate Change Plan
• Calif. Court Won't Postpone Tougher Emissions Rules
• FERC Must Review Power Contracts: Supreme Court
• FERC Preapproves BP-Conoco Alaska Pipeline Project
• MTBE Judge Backpedals On Expert Testimony Ruling
• Exxon Ruling Will Drill Punitive Awards: Experts
• SEC Seeks To Revise Oil, Gas Reporting Rules
• Energy Practice: Duane Morris
• 5th Circ. Upholds Extension For Alcoa Power Plant
• PwC Unit Wins Appellate Reversal In Yukos Tax Spat
• High Court Cuts $2B From Exxon Valdez Damages
• EPA Sues Citgo Over Louisiana Oil Spill
• EC Raises Concerns Over OMV Takeover Of MOL
• Bush Exerts Executive Privilege In EPA Investigation
• S. Korea FTC Fines 8 Chemical Cos. For Price-Fixing
• A Wide-Ranging Investigation In The Oil Industry
• Total May Be Liable For Cleanup Costs: EU Court
• Amaranth Seeks To Dismiss Natural Gas Suit
• Energy Practice: Morgan Lewis
• 7th Circ. Lets Marathon Petroleum Off Antitrust Hook
• Marathon Bows Out Of Citgo Terminal Deal
• New Policy Means More 'Cleantech' For Contractors
• Shell Will Forgo 2008 Alaska Drilling
• Energy Practice: Skadden Arps
• FERC Ups Penalties For Electric Reliability Lapses
• State Agency Opposes Puget Sound Energy Buyout
• City Says Exxon Shirked Petroleum Cleanup Duties
• FERC Rule Loosens Gas Capacity Releases Markets
• States, Customers Ask FERC To Reopen Edison Probe
• Interior Department Sued Over Wyoming Drilling Plan
• Exxon Disputes $12B Freeze In Dutch Court
• A Step Toward A Surface-Damages Act In Pa.
• Senators Float 3 Measures For Curbing Speculation
• No Summary Judgment For Exxon In MTBE Case
• Supreme Court Puts Burden Of Proof On Employer
• U.S. Won't Have To Pay Texaco $100M Tax Refund
• Con Ed Supplier Trumps Rival In Trade Secrets Case
• 3rd Time's A Charm For Ex-Westar Honcho's Sentence
• Court Says Massey CEO's Maid Should Be Paid
• Senators Prod U.S. Trade Rep To Act Against OPEC
• EU Parliament OKs Full Unbundling In Power Market
• Benzene Cancer Cases Can Shift Venue: Texas Court
• Pipeline Owner Pays $5.3M To Settle Allegations
• Spain Fails To Respond To EU's Endesa Deadline
• McCain Wants Lift Of Ban On Offshore Drilling
• Trans Pacific Can't Stop FERC Petition: 10th Circ.
• 11th Circ. Remands Part Of Ala. Mill Case To EPA
• Ethanol Developer Hits Consultant With $72M Suit
• MF Global Earmarks $10M To Deal With CFTC Probes
• High Court Rejects Exxon Appeal In Indonesian Case
• U.S. Govt. Authorizes 'Incidental' Polar Bear Take
• EU OKs Endesa Takeover Deal
• EPA Reveals Plan To Clean Navajo Land Of Uranium
• Cap-and-Trade Design: WCI Recommendations
• Global Warming Concern Spurs More Green Patents
• EU Investigates U.S. Biodiesel Subsidies
• Canadian Gas Retailers Cop To Price-Fixing Plot
• SEC To Consider New Oil Reserves Reporting Rules
• Green Energy Patents Down In Early 2008: Study
• EU Charges E.ON, Gaz de France With Collusion
• Judge Nixes Exxon Bid For Info On $423M MTBE Deal
• Dingell Pushes Bill Targeting Market Speculation
• New Hampshire Joins Regional Cap-And-Trade Plan
• Calif. City Drops 'Threatened Well' Claims In MTBE Suit
• Russian Shareholders To Sue BP Over TNK-BP
• Three Brits Get Jail Time For Marine Hose Cartel
• Duke Wins OK For $160M In Costs For Nuclear Plant
• Climate Change: Potential Impact Of Polar Bear Listing
• Travelers Loses Summary Judgment In Indemnity Suit
• Coal Export Fee Is Constitutional: Federal Circuit
• Citing Stronger Market Watch, CFTC Forms Task Force
• Victims Look To Take Up BP Case With Supreme Court
• Michigan's AG Inks Deal To Cut Energy Costs By $40M
• Reliant's $500M Sale Of Channelview Plant Gets Nod
• Green Groups To Sue U.S. Over Polar Bear Listing
• Leading Polluters Form Energy Efficiency Partnership
• Asia's Deal Lawyers Still Busy Despite U.S. Woes
• Dems Push Energy Bill Toward Vote By Full Senate
• West Coast LNG Plan Is Environmentally Sound: FERC
• PHMSA Final Rule Ushers In Safety Requirements
• Bills Seek To Eliminate Foreign Ethanol Tariff
• Critics Slam Senate For Blocking Climate Bill Debate
• EU Committee OKs Compromise On Gas Unbundling
• Oil Cos. To Shell Out $1.7M To Kids In MTBE Suit
• Senate Mulls Vote On 'Consumer-First' Energy Bill
• Bill To Let DOJ Sue OPEC Introduced In Senate
• Vinson & Elkins Adds Seven Hunton Lawyers
• Nevada Bids To Block 'Absurd' Yucca Mountain Plan
• FERC OKs $4M In Calif. Energy Crisis Settlements
• Wind Blows Distributed Energy Systems Into Ch. 11
• Calpine Unit Says $2M Claim Is Actually $10M Debt
• Judge Rules Duke Pension Plan 'Age Neutral'
• SEC Sues 21 Parties Over $156M Scheme
• 'The Little Tax Credits That Could'
• PJM Hit With $12B 'Unreasonable Capacity' Complaint
• Speculators Created Bubble in Oil Market: Soros
• ConocoPhillips Subpoenaed By CFTC In Oil Probe
• Tight Emissions Rule Planned For Duke's New Plant
• CNX Signs Lease Deal With CDX, Ending Patent Suit
• DOT Reveals New Pipeline Safety Rules
• Bush Veto Threat Doesn't Stop Senate Climate Debate
• FERC OKs 1st Step Toward Calif. Power Corridor
• Fleming Can't Shake Sanctions Order In Enron Case
• 5th Circuit Revives Suits Over Civilian Deaths In Iraq
• FERC Approves Final Leg Of Rockies Gas Pipeline