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Energy - December, 2011

228 articles

• Sierra Club Sues DOE Over Planned Mich. Ethanol Plant
• Yanzhou Signs $2.7B Deal For Australian Coal Co.
• Prospect Capital Seeks Judgment For $37M Energy Loan
• Shaw, GenOn Trade Judgment Bids In $1B Contract Dispute
• Jones Day Helps SunPower Nab French Solar Co. For $165M
• Canadian Regulator Approves Enbridge's $177M Pipeline
• Trafigura Can't Dump €1M Fine Over Ivory Coast Waste
• Infrastructure Venture Wins $332M Australia Coal Project
• The Regulatory Debate Over Hydraulic Fracturing
• Gamesa To Provide Egypt With 100 Wind Turbines
• Ace Settles Deepwater Coverage Fight With BP Contractor
• NRC Greenlights New Reactor Design For Use In US Plants
• Carlyle Scoops Up Belgian Emissions Detection Co.
• Congress Approves Two-Month Payroll Tax Deal
• 8th Circ. Won't Reboot Sex Bias Suit Against Xcel
• BP Rejects Halliburton Indemnity Bid In Deepwater MDL
• Kentucky High Court Backs Miners In Black Lung Case
• EU-Backed Clean Energy Fund Invests In $2B Wind Farm
• Solar Millennium Files For Insolvency In Germany
• JPMorgan To Hand NextEra $209M For Calif. Wind Farms
• Concho Takes On Texas Oil Field Land For $175M
• AEP Will Shutter Upwind Plant To Save $1.7B Ark. Facility
• Chevron, Transocean Prepare For Brazilian Indictments
• Enel Wind Group Gets $339M For New Portugal Farms
• Eni Inks Mining, Biodiesel Agreements With Angola
• Propelling Efficient Risk-Sharing For Wind Farms
• Williams Buys $750M Pa. Pipeline To Chase Marcellus Gas
• Energy Co. CEO Indicted Over $7M Investment Fraud
• Mine Operators Must Report More Safety Info: SEC
• Omega Lender HSH's Ch. 11 Dismissal Bid Denied
• Sen. Eyes Source Of Bechtel Whistleblower Defense Cash
• Louisiana Sues DOI Over Oil Revenue Rule Change
• BP Gets More Time To Answer Local Gov't Spill Claims
• EPA Loses Battle Over ND Power Plant Scrubber
• Energy Co. Corridor Can't Find Partner For Shale Project
• Bosch Buys Conergy's Voltwerk Renewable Energy Unit
• Beacon Hill Joins Forces To Mine Mozambique Coal Field
• Clean Burn Opposes Perdue's Ch. 7 Conversion Bid
• US Says Plant Needs More Time To Secure RCRA Permit
• EPA Unveils Long-Delayed Mercury Limits For Power Plants
• DOJ Orders Exelon To Sell 3 Plants For $7.9B Deal
• Judge Greenlights Backup Auction For Solyndra Assets
• Finnish Retailer Anttila Plans Energy-Neutral Store
• Enbridge Buys $1B Stake In Long-Haul Midwest Pipeline
• Spectra To Expand Gas Pipeline Network In Ohio
• Interim Measures In International Arbitrations
• Georgia Utility Settles Gas Billing Class Action
• SoCal Gas Workers Denied Class Status In OT Case
• DOD To Require US-Made Solar Devices In Contracts
• BP Exits Solar Energy Business, Citing Market Forces
• EU Lawmakers Agree To Hold Back 1.4B Carbon Permits
• Buchanan Steers EverPower In Wind Farm Deal
• DC Circ. Awards Costs To Tribes In EPA Rule Case
• Halliburton Denies Destroying Deepwater Evidence
• Latham Aids Solar Co. In $130M Korean-Led Funding Round
• BC Hydro Should Share Smart Grid Privacy Info: Watchdog
• TransCanada Goes Solar With $456M Power Plants Buy
• House Rejects Payroll Tax Cut Extension
• Simpson, Milbank Aid KKR, Google In Solar Investment
• In The Aftermath Of MF Global
• Alternate Energy Can't Shake Inflated Stock Action
• Army Corps Greenlights ConocoPhillips' Alaska Drilling
• Zell Fund Joins In Delta Petroleum Bankruptcy Loan
• RPI Coating Fined $1.65M Over Plant Fire Deaths
• Coal-Fired Plant Would Surpass New EPA Limits: Enviros
• Pipeline Maker Settles $2M Suit Over Faulty Gas Line
• Duke-American Nets $3.5B Wind Power Line For 1st Outing
• Mizuho Supplies $250M For Sharp Unit's Solar Projects
• Fortum Sells Heating Subsidiaries To EQT For $260M
• First Wind Snags $210M Financing for Wash. Wind Project
• Flawed Records Can Taint Agency Decisions
• Amaranth, Investors Settle Futures Price Suit For $77M
• Judge Orders Probe Into Dynegy Restructuring
• API's Challenge To NC Renewable Fuel Law Tossed
• Lion Oil Sues EPA Over Arkansas Wasteload Limits
• American Superconductor Can't Dodge Investor Suit
• Traders Sue Enviro Futures Exchange Founder For Fraud
• Lawmaker Asks SEC To Examine Chinese Solar Shell Cos.
• Summit Power Nets Funding For Alaska Wind Turbines
• PE Group Pays €1.5B For Vattenfall's Finnish Energy Units
• Cheniere Unit Launches Texas Liquefaction Project
• Delta Petroleum Heads To Ch. 11
• Duke, Progress Plan Fails To Offset Antitrust Worry: FERC
• Case Study: Iberdrola Renewables V. Bonneville Power
• Aegion Wins Shell Pipeline Development Contract In Gulf
• Gulf Blowout Preventer Maker To Cough Up $250M To BP
• Norex Suit Over Oil Co. Takeover Too Late: Attys
• Colorado Floats Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule
• Milbank Steers Lenders On $692M Brazilian Drillship Deal
• Norton Rose Snatches Up Baker & McKenzie Energy Pro
• Nixon Peabody Aids US Bank In Funding For Solar Co. KDC
• Senate Panel OKs Bill For Solar Permitting Grants
• Utility Charged Bogus Disconnect Fees: Wash. Regulators
• General Maritime, Creditors Reach Deal On $75M DIP Loan
• NRC Head Tells Senate He Didn't Bully Colleagues
• Big Domestic Penalties For Foreign Corrupt Practices
• Dynegy, PSEG Units Reach Truce Over Plant Leases
• Hogan Helps Royal Gold Double Down On Canadian Mine
• Exelon, Constellation Reach Accord With Md. Over Merger
• Insurers Fight Settlement Costs In Oil Cleanup Suit
• Wells Fargo Dodges Sanctions In Pollution Coverage Suit
• Anadarko-Led Venture Begins $2B Gulf Drilling Project
• Report Shows 'Questionable' Moves In Deepwater Disaster
• Bixby Energy Admits To Securities Fraud
• General Maritime Pushes For $75M DIP Loan
• Kinder Morgan Adds $130M Petroleum Plant To Build-Out
• Enviros, Utility Battle Over $3B Plant In Miss. High Court
• Brazil Sues Chevron, Transocean For $11B Over Oil Spill
• Judge Awards Marathon $6.5M On Contract Claims
• Billing Records Reveal Solyndra Faces Grand Jury Probe
• Power Meter IP Suits Combined Into Okla. MDL
• China Gas Calls $2B Takeover Bid 'Opportunistic'
• Bird Group Seeks Clear Regs For Deadly Wind Turbines
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Oil Bribery Conviction of Handbag King
• Facing Fire, NRC Chairman Says He Won't Step Down
• Insurer Wants Off The Hook For Boiler Explosion
• Hawaii's Biggest Wind Farm Set To Break Ground
• Seadrill Eyes Joint Venture With Malaysian Energy Giant
• PG&E Admits Liability For San Bruno Gas Pipeline Blast
• Empire Oil To Expand In Clean Energy With Enigma Buy
• Fraud Without Penalties In NE Energy Market
• Considering The Impact Of Sanctions On PDVSA
• Holtec Settles Trade Secret Theft Suit Against Ex-Workers
• Patton Boggs Accuses Gibson Of Sabotage In Chevron Case
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC In Wholesale Power Pricing Row
• 11th Circ. Backs Greenberg In Gas Station Contract Fight
• House OKs Payroll Tax Cut With Keystone Strings Attached
• NRG Energy Puts Del. Wind Farm Project On Hold
• NextEra Clears Planning Hurdle In $250M Wind Power Deal
• US Sued Over 1st Gulf Lease Sale Since Deepwater Spill
• Qatar Petroleum Raises $10B For Barzan Gas Project
• Wildfire Insurance Fight Belongs In Calif.: Judge
• Lightening The Load: Economizing US Autos
• Sullivan Reps Energy Cos. In $2B Offer for China Gas
• Ex-Ind. Utility Chief Indicted Over Duke Energy Cases
• House Raises Fines In New Pipeline Safety Bill
• LS Power Drops Plans For Ark., Ga. Coal Power Plants
• Norse Energy Exceeded Drilling Budget By Millions: Suit
• Nuke Industry Attacks NRC's 'Chilled' Work Environment
• General Maritime Creditors Balk At Oaktree Ties
• Energy Cos. Want To Add To $92M Spent Fuel Award
• Washington Gas To Pay $730K For River Pollution Cleanup
• PE-Backed Patara Buys $200M Apache Texas Gas Portfolio
• Emissions Tech Co. Energy 1 Seeks PE Takeover
• Sinopec Builds Stake In $20B Australian Gas Project
• Whitehaven Adds Aston, Local Miner To Make $5B Coal Co.
• ABB Snags Swiss Power Protection Co. Newave For $182M
• No, Virginia, There Is No Greenhouse Gas Clause
• Judges Clear Massey's $35M Deal To End Coal Slurry Fight
• Total Pays $800M To Increase Stake In Novatek
• House GOP Ties Keystone To Payroll Tax Cut Bill
• House, Senate Will Fast-Track New Pipeline Safety Bill
• Southern Union Investors OK $9B Merger Amid Pall Of Suit
• Ex-Con Ed Manager Gets 70 Months For Kickbacks
• Arcadia Petroleum Pushes To Kill CFTC Manipulation Claims
• PSEG Sells Denver Skyscraper To Brookfield For $215M
• PE Firm Warburg Pincus Puts $355M In Clean Energy Tech
• DOE Aims To Protect Bidding Rights For Beacon Power
• Honeywell, Colo. City Settle With EPA Over Milling Site
• The Economics Of RGGI
• US Bests Exxon's Suit Over Valdez Spill Docs
• Enviros, Sandy Creek Reach Deal Over Texas Coal Plant
• Patriot Coal Can't Shake Enviros' Selenium Dumping Suit
• Wis. AG Urges 9th Circ. To Revive State Claims In Gas MDL
• Mexican Co. Must Face Oil Workers' Suit Over Sunken Ship
• White House Denies Cherry-Picking Solyndra Docs
• Fracking May Have Contaminated Wyo. Water, EPA Says
• DOE Strikes Deal With 383 Manhattan Project Plaintiffs
• Generating Electric Reliability Compliance
• CBRE Nears Advisory Deal For $4B Coal-To-Gas Project
• Paladin Sues Developers Over $24M Biodiesel Investment
• Chevron Sanctioned Over Subpoenas In Ecuador Case
• Power Line Can't Zap Overtime Class Action
• Utility, US Fight Riverbed Rent Claims In High Court
• Don't Tie Keystone To Payroll Tax Cut Bill: Obama To GOP
• Energy MVP: Orrick's Mark Weitzel
• Under Simpson, Silver Lake Energy Fund Aims For $1.25B
• SCE Customer Says Old Meters Overcharged For Electricity
• Skadden Reps First Solar In Sale Of $2B Plant
• The Evolving Energy Relations Between US And Brazil
• BP Accused Of More Violations Over Deepwater Spill
• Insurers Must Back Massey Against Injury, Damage Claims
• AAI Backs 9th Circ. Revival Of State Claims In Gas MDL
• Energy MVP: White & Case's Jason Kerr
• China Warns US To Avoid Protectionism Over Solar Panels
• Colo. Lawmaker Calls For Mineral Rights Disclosures
• Bryan Cave To Swallow Up Holme Roberts
• Perdue BioEnergy Pushes Ethanol Co. Toward Ch. 7
• Conoco Closes In On Drilling Project In Alaska
• Sealing Cracks In The Pipeline Bidding Process
• Alpha To Pay $209M For Deadly Massey Blast
• Getting Ahead In The PACE Funding Race
• Striker To Pay $65.5M In SEC Fraud Suit
• Energy MVP: Sidley Austin's Peter Keisler
• Baker & McKenzie Nabs Ex-SNR Denton Energy Deals Pro
• Calif. Agency Marks Usage Targets For Renewable Energy
• Use Deepwater Spill Fines To Restore Gulf: Task Force
• Halliburton Destroyed Deepwater Spill Evidence: BP
• PE Alliance Invests $750M In Chesapeake Energy Unit
• Entergy Sells Electric Transmission Biz To ITC For $1.8B
• Rentech, US Settle Dispute Over Plant Emissions, Permits
• Ethanol Dispute Drives Getty Petroleum Into Ch. 11
• Arnold & Porter Atty Hid Chevron Ties: Ecuadoreans
• First Reserve Invests $150M In European Wind Farms
• Investigating US Ethanol In The EU
• Citing Merck, 9th Circ. Revives Alchemix Securities Suit
• Pipeline Co. Denied Quick End To Leak Coverage Row
• Dynegy Holdings' Ch. 11 Plan Includes Parent's Wealth
• Wash. Told To Limit Emissions From BP, Other Refineries
• EPA Revamps Biomass, Boiler Emissions Rules
• Obama Commits $2B To Energy Efficiency Contracts
• EPA Notches Partial Win In NRG Plant Pollution Suit
• Energy MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Mitchell Hertz
• Energy Co. PacifiCorp Will Cough Up $4M Over 2008 Outage
• GOP Highlights Jobs In Push For Oil Sands Pipeline
• Legal Hurdles In The Pursuit Of New Energy Sources
• ITC Votes To Scrutinize China Solar Panel Sector
• Judicial Watch Sues Obama Admin For Solyndra Docs
• Andrews Kurth Aids Maxim On Oil Field Services Co. Buy
• Nigerian Energy Co. Buys $147M Stake In Shell-Owned Field
• St. Louis Gas Stations Sue Over QuikTrip Price War
• EU Expands Sanctions Against Syria
• BP Selling Canadian Gas Business To PAA Unit For $1.7B
• Enron: 10 Years Later
• Energy MVP: Morgan Lewis' Mark Haskell
• Halliburton Wants BP To Cover Deepwater Spill Claims
• Anadarko Joins Enviro Suit Over Gulf Drilling Leases
• Imposing A New Round Of Sanctions On Iran