Energy Archive » April, 2009

Energy - April, 2009

167 articles

• San Francisco Drops $5B Fraud Suit Against PG&E
• Analyzing The Waxman-Markey Draft
• Enviro Record Irrelevant In Human Rights Case: Shell
• ETP Must Face FERC Adversary Hearing: 5th Circ.
• Sierra Club's Challenge To Power Line Nixed
• 10th Circ. Shoots Down Xcel Energy Sex Bias Suit
• Corps Of Engineers Says It Can Gauge Mining Impacts
• Reducing Discovery Costs With Rule 502
• Bill Seeks Oversight Panel For Cap-And-Trade Cash
• National Grid Competition Fine Cut Down To $44.2M
• German Regulator Halts Total Gas Station Deal
• NEPA Doesn't Apply To Oil, Gas Projects: Pa. Groups
• NM Wins Round In Otero Mesa NEPA Appeal
• EPA Seeks To Revoke NM Power Plant Permit
• Hogan Nabs Energy Litigation Guru From Jones Day
• Atty Hit With SemGroup Insider Trading Suit
• Carbon Emissions Probe Of E.ON To Be Dropped
• Tycoon's Qui Tam Suit Over CO2 Royalties Revived
• Salazar To Use Courts To Nix Bush-Era Mining Rule
• Crown Says Not Polluter Under La. Law
• Proposed Class Regains Lost Ground In Amaranth Suit
• AIG Sued For Cleanup Costs At W.Va. Oil Plant
• High Court To Hear Suit Over Power Rate Challenges
• SemGroup Wins Extension On $150M DIP Loan
• Columbia Gas Can't Conspire With Sister Co.: Judge
• Climate Change Bill 'Path To Destruction': Gingrich
• Senators Push For More Limits On Air Pollutants
• Enron Off Hook For $22M Settlement Shortfall
• Judge Refuses To Toss Nigerians' Suit Against Shell
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-DOE General Counsel
• Calif. Adopts US' 1st Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
• US Says Citgo Obviously Liable In La. Oil Spill
• Tweak Climate Bill Or Endanger Economy: Experts
• Exelon Bid To Toss NRG Suit Over $6B Merger Nixed
• Costco To Convert Gas Pumps In Hot Fuel MDL Deal
• Making Room For Renewable Energy In Calif.
• Shell Settles Sierra Club Emissions Suit For $5.8M
• Sierra Club Sues Power Co-Op Over Air Pollution
• Arco To Pay $10.2M For Superfund Mine Cleanup
• Nigerians Too Poor To Pay Chevron's Costs: Judge
• 2nd Circ. Gives DOE Go-Ahead To Tighten Boiler Rule
• Quarles Launches Clean Energy, Climate Group
• Texas Senate Adopts Solar Energy Incentive Bill
• Exelon To Use Stimulus Funds For Solar Power Plant
• DOI Finalizes Rule For Offshore Energy Projects
• Travelers Bid To Compel Docs Denied In PCB Suit
• Fla. Lawmakers Push For Offshore Oil Drilling
• EU Parliament OKs Energy Unbundling Compromise
• Curbing GHG Emissions Via Clean Air Act?
• Natl Grid Retirees' Claims Not ADEA-Covered: Judge
• Lead Plaintiff Tapped In Investors' Case V. Solar Co.
• Orrick Seeks Sanctions Against Whiteford, Energy Co.
• VeraSun Squares $107M Bond Debt
• Executing OCS Renewable Energy Projects
• US Energy Unit's Ch. 11 Plan Includes New UK Wells
• Conn. Accuses Power Cos. Of $86M Antitrust Scam
• BP Loses Bid To Nix Damages In Plant Sale Spat
• High Court Rejects Ex-Westar CEO Sentence Appeal
• Coalbed Methane Cos. Need Water Permit: Colo. Court
• Mich. Agency OKs Antitrust Deal For Universal Energy
• US, Mexico Plan Cooperation On Green Issues
• Appeals Ct. Rejects Bid To Review Coal Plant Approval
• Utilities, Experts Clash Over Efficiency Standards Bill
• FERC Nixes Alliant Unit's Transmission Rates Suit
• Conoco Workers Renew Class Cert. Bid In OT Suit
• Staking Claim On The Last Energy Frontier
• Utah Gas Cos. Agree To $6M In Fixes Over Violations
• Massey's Suit Over $244M Verdict Stayed
• Eckert Grabs 12-Atty WolfBlock Office In Pa.
• DC Circ. Blocks US Plan To Expand Offshore Drilling
• DOE To Dole Out $4B For Smart Grid Efforts
• Dominion's $1.62B Coal Plant Ruled Constitutional
• Philip Morris Wins $15M In Spat With Coal Supplier
• Aventine Wins Access To $15M In DIP Cash
• FERC Must Weigh Antitrust Claims In Decisions: AAI
• Pacific Energy Creditors Pick Pepper Hamilton
• Sonnenschein Grabs 2 Patton Boggs Energy Partners
• Green Groups Move To Block WVa Surface Mines
• Pa. To Set New Wastewater Discharge Limits
• 10th Circ. Backs EPA Emissions Plan For NM Plant
• Ohio Sets Renewable Energy Generation Standards
• FTC Issues Revised Rule On Oil Market Manipulation
• CEO Schemes Drove SemGroup Into Ch. 11: Examiner
• Covington Launches Clean Energy, Climate Group
• EPA Floats Proposal To Increase Ethanol Cap
• Former Hogan Partner Named For Top DOE Post
• Fulbright Draws Ex-FERC Lawyer From Akin Gump
• Group Told To Cough Up $51M Over Ponzi Scheme
• Suncor, Petro-Canada Get US Approval For Merger
• Massey Unit Plea Deal Over Fire OK'd Amid Protests
• Pacific Energy's Unsecured Creditors Tap Steptoe
• 2 German Gas Cos. Fined €41.4M In Cartel Probe
• Weatherford Hit With Suit Over Oil Drill Patent
• Flying J Asks Court To Boost DIP Package To $11.5M
• Sebelius Vetoes Bill To Allow Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Inventor Katz Drops Covington For Cooley Godward
• Shell Licensee Hit With Contamination Suit
• Aventine Wins Bid For Cash, 10 Other 1st-Day Motions
• Akin Gump Lands Seasoned Litigator From Greenberg
• BG Paid Out $90M In Bribes To Kazakhs: Shareholder
• Pa. Groups Try To Quash Allegheny Oil Drilling Deal
• DOC Nixes Broadwater Long Island Sound LNG Plan
• Congress Could Strip EPA Of Power To Regulate GHGs
• FERC, DOI Bring Official End To Hydropower Turf War
• Pacific Energy Creditors Blast Lazard, Albrecht Fees
• Ex-Massey Foreman Pleads Guilty After Fire Deaths
• $43M Deal OK'd In Securities Suit Over BP Spill
• House Draft Bill: Climate Change, Clean Energy
• Cos. Must Destroy Docs In Oil Drill Patent Suit: Judge
• Chesapeake Shareholders Decry $75M Bonus
• 5th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Securities Beef V. TXU
• Eni May Offer Deal In EU Gas Transfer Antitrust Probe
• Petco Settles With EPA Over CWA Violations
• Chevron Proxy Fight Heats Up Over $27B Ecuador Suit
• Aventine Is Latest Ethanol Producer To Enter Ch. 11
• Energy, Bankruptcy Pro Rejoins Greenberg Traurig
• Industry Can Intervene In Forest Drilling Suit: Court
• Refinery Told To Furnish Docs In Spill Coverage Spat
• Santa Barbara Drops Support For Offshore Drilling
• VeraSun Looks To Pay Secured Debts Early In Ch. 11
• UK Carbon-Capture Projects Clear State Aid Test
• Ex-White House Counsel Moves Back To Morgan Lewis
• BLM Seeks To Pare Claims In Oil Lease Suit
• La. Supreme Court Overturns $34M Entergy Refund
• Sierra Club's Suit Over Coal Plant Emissions Tossed
• Sibir Sues Former Execs Over $325M Real Estate Debt
• Wall Herald Fingers Feds In EPA Cleanup Dispute
• Eni Dumps Gazprom Neft Stake For $4.1B
• Chevron Spilled, Abandoned 1M Gallons Of Oil: Suit
• Supreme Court Once Again Rules Against Navajo
• Understanding Storm Cost Recovery Bonds
• 9th Circ. Resurrects Calif. Gas Price-Gouging Action
• Chevron Awarded $2.8M Against Broke Contractor
• Energy Partners Issues Another Bankruptcy Warning
• Nonperformance On Nuclear Waste Storage
• Not All DOE Docs Subject To Privilege: Fed. Circ.
• Bankrupt US Energy Gets OK To Use Cash Collateral
• Shippers' Antitrust Suit V. Columbia Gas Inches On
• Senate Bill Seeks To Overturn 1872 Mining Law
• BP, Pennzoil To Repay Ohio For Gas Station Cleanup
• Bill Seeks Ban On Calif. Offshore Drilling
• $11M Loss Pushes Nova Biosource Into Ch. 11
• Entergy Louisiana To Halt $1.8B Repowering Project
• FERC Seeks En Banc Hearing In Transmission Suit
• The Future Of FERC's 'Conditioning Authority'
• The 9th Circ. Stance On Transwestern Pipeline
• Sens. Nix Coastal States' Bid For More Drilling Profits
• Mirant, Southern Settle Spinoff Spat For $202M
• Bill Would Revive CAIR, CAMR In Wake Of Acid Rain
• Affiliated Policy Excludes Storm Damage: 5th Circ.
• What GHG Reporting Portends For Industry
• TVA Loses Bid To Extend Pollution Controls Deadline
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Bar On Oil Tax
• Hurricanes, Oil Prices Force Saratoga Into Ch. 11
• Suit Accusing Energy Transfer Of Fixing NYMEX Nixed
• Senate Closes Door On Fast-Track Of Climate Bills
• Wind Power May Be Key Cleaner Energy Source: DOI
• Court Upholds Wyoming Drilling Permits
• Antitrust Action Over Duke Energy Rebates Bounced
• Kelson Bid For $15M Breakup Fee Nixed
• US Hits BP With Civil Suit Over Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill
• Energy Co. Sues Forest Service Over Drilling Rule
• The Marcellus Shale: Challenges For Tomorrow
• Supreme Court Spares Utilities $3.5B In Upgrades
• Judge Blocks Army Corps Coal Mining Permits
• Sunoco To Pay $1.5M Over NJ Refinery Waste Levels
• BP Unit Must Step Up Wastewater Monitoring: EPA