Energy Archive » February, 2018

Energy - February, 2018

346 articles

• Ukrainian Energy Co. Claims Win In Russia Gas Supply Row
• SF, Oakland Climate Suits Stay In Federal Court, Says Judge
• Enviros Say Deal Restarting Pipeline Work Saps Protections
• $14B Great Plains-Westar Deal Gets FERC Approval
• Appeals Court Says Mo. Wrongly Rejected $2B Power Line
• SEC Accuses 3 Texas Cos., Execs Of $11.7M Offering Fraud
• WTO Dispute Roundup: US Firm In Appellate Body Logjam
• George Pataki: The Farmer From Peekskill
• Enviro Concerns Justify La. Pipeline Block, Judge Says
• FERC Won't Revisit Approval Of Pa. Pipeline Project
• Fed. Circ. Revives Nalco Mercury-Removal Patent Suit
• Cuomo Aide's Call Proves Bribe Plot, Prosecutor Tells Jury
• Iran Case Doesn't Change $1.2B Venezuela Row, Oil Co. Says
• FERC Clears 2 Utilities In Market Manipulation Probe
• EPA Rejects Sierra Club Challenge To Power Plant Permit
• CPP Foes, Backers Clash Over Rewrite At Comment Deadline
• ITC To Look Into Fuel Pump Assemblies Over Tariff Act Claims
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• NY-Led Coalition Slams EPA Bid To Undo Clean Power Plan
• PE-Backed British Gas Retailers Merge In £1.2B Deal
• SunEdison Investor Sues CEO, CFO After 'Meltdown'
• Attys Escape Sanctions For Oilfield Services Merger Suit
• Energy Exec Must Share Tax, Trust Docs In $40M GE Row
• ND, Texas Ask To Move Forward With Methane Rule Challenge
• EPA In The Trump Era
• Baker Botts Adds 4 Ex-Vinson & Elkins Corporate Partners
• EU Green Reform To Raise Carbon Trade Costs Approved
• 9th Circ. CWA Decision Could Pose New Compliance Risks
• Limit On Patent Lost Profits 'Beggars Belief,' Justices Hear
• Seadrill Gains Restructuring Plan Support With Creditor Deal
• East Timor, Australia Establish Path To Develop Gas Fields
• EFH Ch. 11 Sale Plan Confirmed By Del. Court
• Ex-Dechert Client Seeks Subpoena For Leaked Letter's Source
• Lawsuit Over Trump's 2-For-1 Regulation Order Tossed
• Tank Vessel Co. To Pay $2M For False Records, Oil Disposal
• Treasury Issues Sanctions For Libyan Oil Smuggling
• Extortion Count Against Ex-Cuomo Aide Cut From Graft Trial
• 5th Circ. Affirms Nix Of Suit Over UBS' Enron Knowledge
• Coal Giant Vows Appeal In John Oliver, HBO Defamation Row
• Forest Service, BLM Wrongly OK'd Pipeline, Enviros Say
• Jefferies Trader's Suit Against Exec 'Hard To Fathom': Judge
• 5th Circ. Pressed To Undo Louisiana Oil Pipeline Block
• EPA In The Trump Era: Enforcement And Compliance Changes
• Indonesia Will Challenge US Biodiesel Tariffs At WTO
• Getting Back To Basics With Master Limited Partnerships
• Texas Justices Revive Law Firm's Fight For Fees
• GAO Backs Protest Over $4.8B Nuclear Waste Deal
• Treasury's Mnuchin Says IRS Calculator Coming Soon
• Enviros Ask 4th Circ. To Suspend $3.5B Gas Pipeline Permit
• FERC Advancing Clean Energy Despite Trump's Fossil Focus
• Lawmakers Press DOJ To Hurry Probe Into Daimler Emissions
• Rakoff Questions $285M Atty Fees In $3B Petrobras Deal
• Exxon Pushes Back Against NY AG's Free Speech Arguments
• EFH Says It's Nearing Resolution Of NextEra's Plan Objection
• Perry, Zinke Call For 'Responsible' Energy, Public Land Use
• Biz Seeks $136M Refund From Gov't For Solar Power Project
• EPA In The Trump Era: The DOJ's 3rd-Party Payment Policy
• Judge Nixes BLM's Delay Of Obama Methane Flaring Rule
• Man Posed As Well Owner For Millions In Loans, DOJ Says
• Judge Mulls Tossing Extortion Counts Against Ex-Cuomo Aide
• Judge OKs $9.3M Settlement In Ambit Rate-Hike Suit
• NJ Sens. Move Bill To Raise $300M In Nuke Plant Subsidies
• EFH, Creditor Experts Won't Testify On Reserve Bond Issue
• Texas State Sen. Found Guilty In Securities Fraud Scheme
• Feds Have To Search For More Keystone Docs, Judge Says
• TransCanada Gas Unit Vies For FERC Market Rates At DC Circ.
• 7th Circ. Wants US Input On Ill. Nuke Subsidies
• Repsol Inks €3.8B Sale Of Utility Stake To CVC Affiliate
• EPA In The Trump Era: Settling Mandatory Duty Lawsuits
• Energy Transfer Wants Enviros' Sanctions Bid Quashed
• Commerce Finalizes Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel Duties
• Partners Group Closes $3.6B Infrastructure Fund
• Breaking Down The New Interest Deduction Limitation
• How FERC's New Rule Paves The Way For Energy Storage
• EPA's Pruitt Faces House Oversight Inquiry Into Flights
• Uncertainty Abounds After DC Circ. Slices EPA Ozone Regs
• 10th Circ. Backs Hess, Statoil Wins In Drilling Deals Row
• EPA Says Fuel Retailers Can't Fight Renewable Mandates
• Carbon-Related Tax Unlikely Under Int'l Rules, Prof Says
• US, Others Caution High Court On Utility's Immunity Bid
• Energy Firm Claims Boston Sales Rep. Stole 'Hot Prospects'
• FERC Wants DC Circ. To Put $3.5B Pipeline Fight On Hold
• Westinghouse Cleared To Solicit Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Weil Seeks To Nip Conflict Concerns In Breitburn Ch. 11 Case
• UK Tax Policy Reflects Maturing Oil Fields, Official Says
• 3rd Circ. Ruling Can't Doom Venezuela Case, Oil Giant Says
• 6th Circ. Backs Utility Atty In Work-From-Home ADA Row
• Ex-Oilfield Worker Looks To Revive False Imprisonment Suit
• FERC Won't Budge On Trans-Alaska Pipeline Rate Calculation
• EPA In The Trump Era: The Superfund Enforcement Initiative
• A Review Of Cross-Border Investigations In 2017: Part 2
• Honeywell Sues Gov't To Recoup $1.9M For Nuke Plant Fixes
• ETE's Warren Defends Fairness Of $1B Private Unit Issue
• Ex-CEO Of Bankrupt NY Solar Co. Attacks Subpoena Request
• Wilmington Suit Over Ex-Chesapeake CEO's $464M Debt Stays
• Tribal Involvement Doesn't Nix Coal Plant Suit, Feds Say
• Swift Action Called For In Pacific Drilling Ch. 11 Case
• Watchdog Wants FERC To Probe Grid Operator's Donations
• States Seeing Rash Of Bills To Tax Carbon Emissions
• Graft Jury Won't See Video Of Cuomo Aide's Wife Teaching
• EPA Defends Superfund Listings' Logic At DC Circ.
• One Count Survives In Regency, Energy Transfer Merger Suit
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Ends Exxon Free Speech Claims, Judge Told
• Tribunal Orders Egypt To Pay $1B In Gas Supply Row
• High Court Rejects Four Environmental Cases
• Mass. Is Stalling Pipeline Permit, Enbridge Unit Tells DC Circ.
• EPA In The Trump Era: Making Sense Of Waters Of The US
• Dems Press EPA Chief About Expensed 1st-Class Travel
• Ukraine Submits Case For Arbitration In Row With Russia
• Towns Can't Regulate Pipeline Locations, Pa. Court Rules
• Enviros Urge High Court To Nix Utility's Immunity Bid
• $300M Emergency Loan Approved For Puerto Rico Electric Co.
• High Court Passes On Pair Of NC Hydroelectric Dam Fights
• BP Says Some Claims In Deepwater Suits Are Time-Barred
• Shuttered Texas Energy Co. Says Bribe Refusal Cost It $470M
• Akerman Adds 3 Ex-Gardere Attys In Dallas
• S. Korea Lobs WTO Challenge To US Steel Tariffs
• A Review Of Cross-Border Investigations In 2017: Part 1
• FERC Energy Storage Rule Is A Grid Game-Changer
• Exxon Denies It Caused Mont. Oil Well Worker's Death
• Can Courts Handle The Increased FOIA Strain Under Trump?
• Don't Let PennEast Pipeline Proceed, NJ Tells FERC
• Court Asked To Toss Suit Over $1.4B LNG Plant Tax Break
• EFH Raises Questions Over Reserve Fund Interest Payments
• No Money, No Merchandise, Solar Panel Co. Tells Court
• Weil's Role Part Of Probe Of Breitburn Conflict Claims
• Couche-Tard Wins FTC OK For Holiday Buy With Store Sales
• Kirkland Nabs Debt Finance Attys From Norton Rose, Simpson
• DOE Says It Has $11.5M For Tribal Land Energy Projects
• DC Circ. Partially Vacates 2008 EPA Ozone Rule
• Japan Seeking WTO Relief From US Solar Safeguard Tariffs
• Texas Justices Pass On Code Developer's 'Contractor' Row
• Texas Oil Co. Can't Duck $14M Award, Transocean Unit Says
• FirstEnergy To Deactivate Coal Plant After FERC Rejection
• Texas Justices Won't Hear From Oil Exec DQ'd As Counsel
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Morgan Lewis Energy Duo In Houston
• Feds Further Push For Bears Ears Challenge Move To Utah
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Davis, Skadden, Weil
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• 3 Mass. Proposals Signal A New Wave Of Offshore Wind
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Denied Bid For Emergency Loan
• Environmentalist Hit With $4M Verdict For Hindering Project
• FERC Opens Power Markets To Energy Storage With New Rule
• Deals Rumor Mill: Thomson Reuters, Seadrill, Petrobras
• Strain Gets To Jailed NY Ex-Lobbyist As Testimony Ends
• DOE Must Publish Energy-Saver Rules Adopted Under Obama
• 10th Circ. Split Adds Wrinkle To NY Faulty Work Coverage Law
• 4th Circ. Won't Bar Pipeline Co. From Taking Va. Properties
• Mariner East Drilling To Resume At Site Of Damaged Aquifer
• View Inc. Fights Investors' Challenge To $60M Settlement
• Enviros Blast Ebb In Enforcement At Trump's EPA
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• 11th Circ. OKs States' Bid To Quickly Remand Water Rule Suit
• Contesting FERC's Right To Impose Retroactive Surcharges
• LyondellBasell Pays $2.25B To Pick Up Plastic Supplier
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Puerto Rico Utility Creditors Unveil $534M Loan Offer
• Texas Justices Asked To Step Into Trade Secrets Row
• Enviros, Utilities Push For Greener Electric Grid Policies
• Enviros To Sue EPA, Army Corps For Clean Water Rule Delay
• 5th Circ. Affirms $81M Damages In Citgo Spill Row
• Shell's Hydro-Battery Project Hit With Tribes' FERC Protest
• Statoil Unit Owes No Damages In W.Va. Drilling Contract Suit
• NJ Utility Can't Arbitrate Solar Row With Blackstone Unit
• Ameren Loses Bid To Hike Returns From $1.6B Grid Projects
• Countries Must Step Up Energy Taxes, OECD Says
• Talen Energy To End Coal Burning At Pa. Power Plant
• Utes Can't Force Judge's Recusal In Dispute With Ex-Worker
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• PG&E Ruling May Mean More Challenges To Incentive Adders
• 10th Circ. Axes Insurers' Power Plant Defect Coverage Win
• Trump Infrastructure Plan Would Spur Pipeline Projects
• Syracuse Wins Partial Toss Of Superfund Cleanup Fee Suit
• Enviros Want FERC To Rethink PennEast Pipeline Approval
• $1.8B Offer Deepens Fight Over Breitburn Ch. 11 Plan
• Senate Panel Grills OMB's Mulvaney On Trump Budget
• Tesla Unit Asks Justices To Reject Utility's Immunity Bid
• Lobbyist Forced To Explain His Arrest To Graft Trial Jury
• Energy Funds For Schools New Twist In Tribal Budget Battle
• Enviros Challenge EPA Permit For Gulf Oil Drillers At 5th Circ.
• White & Case Launches Houston Office With Oil, Gas Focus
• Sunoco Pipeline Driller Files $25M Suit Over Equipment Woes
• BakerHostetler Nabs Ex-Davis Wright Tremaine Energy Atty
• BLM Proposes Pulling Back Obama's Methane Flaring Rule
• FERC Gave Fuel Pipelines Unfair Leverage, DC Circ. Told
• High Court May Consider Ending Hypothetical Jurisdiction
• 9th Circ. OKs Sanctions For First Solar Wrongful Death Suit
• Gov't Must Seek Tribes' Input On Vital Issues: NCAI Prez
• Former Venezuelan Oil Execs Charged In Bribery Scheme
• Shareholders Must Pay Bond In $573M Pakistan LNG Row
• Kazakhstan Assets Still Frozen In Award Fight, Investors Say
• Shell Cuts $10M Deal In La. Toxic Air Emissions Suit
• Trump Proposes 25 Percent Cut To EPA In 2019 Budget
• Clean Energy On Chopping Block In Trump Budget Blueprint
• 9th Circ. Backs Arctic Ringed Seals' 'Threatened Status'
• Tenants 2 Years Late To Claim $21M DuPont Superfund Deal
• Feds, Dakota Access Fight Tribe To Keep Pipeline Permits
• NJ Enviros, Ex-State Sen. Can't Stop $225M Exxon Deal
• Del. Court OKs Potential Exit For Oxbow Carbon Investors
• Enviro Watchdog Says DOI Temp Officials Are Illegal
• Graft Trial Judge Mulls Description Of Cooperator's Arrest
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Orion Energy Snags $816M For Latest Credit Fund
• Tribal Tie Doesn't Nix Coal Plant Row, Enviros Tell 9th Circ.
• Cos. Take Note: Singapore Plans Deferred Prosecutions
• Emerging Trends In FCA Enforcement: 2018 Outlook
• Sen. Markey Asks Tillerson, Mnuchin About Novatek Shipment
• TSCA Rule Would Help Fund Broader EPA Chemical Program
• Shell Loses $300M-Plus Oil Cleanup Claim Against Dole Unit
• Solar Co. Gets OK To Seize Panels In $20M Dispute
• SD Tribe Blasts NRC's Take On Standing To Dispute Mine
• Budget Bill Contains Energy Tax Credit Boon
• Pa. Panel Won't Ax Judge, Atty From Co. Ownership Spat
• What's Next In The WTO Tussle Over Trump's Safeguards
• Dakota Access Owners Press RICO Suit Against Enviros
• Enviro Analysis Says Congress Threatens Access To Courts
• Mass. Sens. To EPA: Make GE Send River Waste Out Of State
• NY Graft Trial Cooperator Arrested After Day On Stand
• Haynes And Boone Hires 2 Andrews Kurth Attys In Houston
• ETP Unit Fights New Permit Conditions For Pa. Gas Terminal
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Weil, Latham
• Texas Oil Co. Sues IRS In $222M Fuel Credit Dispute
• Addressing Human Rights Issues In The Extractive Sector
• How Courts Are Clarifying Ohio Law On Gas Royalties
• Regency Seeks Second Toss Of Remanded $11B Merger Suit
• Volkswagen Fines Top EPA's Biggest 2017 Enforcement Cases
• EPA Floats Billing Industry $20M Per Year In TSCA Fees
• Babcock & Wilcox Must Face Investor Suit, NC Judge Rules
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Crystallex $1.4B Venezuela Mine Suit
• Logistics Co. Can't Intervene In $139M Arbitration Action
• Fired Lobbyist's 'Spiderweb Of Lies' Snarls NY Graft Trial
• NY Appeals Court Nixes €433M Bid To Enforce Albanian Award
• House Dems Tout Infrastructure Plan Amid Budget Wrangling
• TerraForm Can't Use SunEdison To Halt $231M Suit
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• Budget Deal Would Renew Expired Tax 'Extenders'
• 5 Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $959M Despite Market Turbulence
• Ascent Resources Marcellus OK'd For Quick Prepack Ch. 11
• ND Asks 10th Circ. To Keep Fracking Rule Rejection In Place
• MEG Energy Unloads Midstream Assets In $1.27B Deal
• NuStar Energy To Simplify Structure In $7.9B Deal
• Hydropower Land Transfer, Transparency Bills Pass House
• EIG Hits Keppel With $660M RICO Suit Over Brazil Bribery
• Corps Unresponsive In Dakota Access Permit Fight: Tribe
• Pa. Slams Sunoco With $12.6M Fine Over Pipeline Project
• Canadian Solar Cos. Wage CIT Battle Against New Tariffs
• Power, Corruption And Lies: How Juries Are Responding
• Sierra Club Challenges Power Rate Hike In Fla. High Court
• EU Clears Slew Of Electricity Schemes Under State Aid Rules
• Solar Co. Asks To Take Panels In $20M Chinese Contract Row
• Activist Gets Year In Jail For Pipeline Valve Shut-Off
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To Ax Sunoco Pipeline Challenge
• Bankrupt Solar Panel Installer Hit With WARN Suit
• EPA Has 60 Days To Respond To Conn. Pollution Petition
• DLA Piper Snags Thompson & Knight Energy Atty In Dallas
• FirstEnergy Abandons Coal Plant Sale After FERC Rejection
• Fired Lobbyist Tells Graft Jury He's Fuzzy On Faked Emails
• Rakoff Smacks Down Bid To Seal Riders In $3B Petrobras Deal
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• States Urge 11th Circ. To Quickly Remand Water Rule Case
• Oncor Urges Texas Justices To Toss Energy Contract Row
• Targa, Stonepeak Team Up For $1.1B In Gas Projects
• 9th Circ. Revives Union Pacific's Claims In Pipeline Rent Suits
• NRG Scores $2.8B From Renewable Unit, Energy Plant Sales
• Senate Panel Again Advances Trump's EPA Deputy Pick
• How California Energy Laws Changed In 2017: Part 2
• 9th Circ. Revives Continental Shelf Drilling Worker's Wage Suit
• Pursuing $15M Award, Cardno Says Death Doesn't Halt Default
• Colo. Atty Cops To Role In Alleged Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• NY Joins States Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule Delay
• Chubb Needn't Fill Cleanup Coverage Gaps, NY Justices Hear
• NJ Rejects PennEast's Right-Of-Way Bid For Pipeline
• Ascent Resources Hits Ch. 11 With $1.2B Debt Rework Plan
• Northeast Cap-And-Trade Turns 10: A RGGI Report Card
• Kirkland Says Ex-US Trustee Is Isolated From Ch. 11 Case
• No Changes To Obama-Era Coal Dust Rule, MSHA Chief Says
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• Romania Awarded $73M Against Chevron In Oil Contract Row
• WPX Energy Sells San Juan Oil Assets For $700M
• Deals Rumor Mill: Mitsubishi, Triton, Boeing
• China Strikes Back Against US Safeguards At WTO
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Attys As Partners
• PE-Backed Wood Pellet Co. Launches $120M Offering
• Pa. Gov. Seeks Tax On Natural Gas To Fund Education
• DC Circ. Kills Kansas Regulator's Rate Suit Against FERC
• Sunoco Downplays Cost To Gov't In $306M Fed. Circ. Tax Row
• Cook Inlet Decision Rightly Protects Deemed Consolidation
• BLM Fights Effort To Undo 10th Circ. Fracking Rule Decision
• Hercules Wants $4.8M In Atty Fees In Drilling Fire Suit
• How California Energy Laws Changed In 2017: Part 1
• Understanding FERC's Natural Gas Certificate Policy Review
• Puerto Rico Oversight Board Defends $1.3B PREPA Loan Bid
• Morgan Lewis IP Partner Lands San Francisco Magistrate Job
• ICSID Had Record Caseload In 2017, Report Says
• Kazakhstan Wants $39M Award In Oil Field Row Overturned
• Stone Energy Hit With Suit Over $2.5B Talos Merger
• Breitburn Shareholders To Reopen Ch. 11 Row After $1.8B Bid
• Shutdown Looming, FERC Downplays Pipeline's GHG Impact
• Ex-NY Lobbyist Tells Jury Life Of Thieving Led To Plea
• 15 Tribes Urge Wash. Gov. To Stop LNG Project Construction
• NextEra Says Group Shut Access To Personnel Database
• Don't Let Pipeline Co. Take Land, 4th Circ. Told
• Oil & Gas Producer Raises $1B For Permian Basin Work
• Keep Tribes' Bears Ears Case In DC, Native Groups Say
• GLP Sells Buildings, Solar Panels To REIT For $277M
• Oncor Must Cover Relocation Expenses, Texas Justices Say
• Warburg Pincus Invests $300M In Oil And Gas Explorer
• Trump's Enviro Picks: White Out, Wheeler Up
• Interpreting Treasury's Report On Russian Oligarchs
• Sunoco Appeals Halt To Pa. Pipeline Construction
• Indictment Hinged On Misleading Word, Platinum Execs Say
• Major Alaska Lease Sale Should Be Quashed, Enviros Say
• FERC Pressed To Keep Fla. Pipeline Running
• Eversource Says NH Hydropower Rejection Was Improper
• DOE Can't Lift Freeze On Uranium Leasing Program
• 10 Firms To Steer IPOs Exceeding $1.8B To Start February
• EFH Ch. 11 Sale To Face Texas Regulators Unopposed
• FERC Must Order Entergy Refunds, La. Urges DC Circ.
• Mass. Health Boards Raise Concerns Over Potential Pipelines
• Winston & Strawn Grabs 8 Energy Attys From Norton Rose
• Pa. Hunting Club Beats Landowner Heirs' Gas Rights Appeal
• Biofuel Trader OK'd To Register $32M Award Out Of NY State
• Exxon Insists It Can Bolster Climate Speech Claims
• Sunpreme Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Solar Cell Duties
• PE-Backed Fracker Leads 2 IPOs Raising $681M Combined
• 9th Circ. Decision Could Be Game-Changer For Investors
• FERC Wrongly Denied Grid Auction Challenges, DC Circ. Says
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• K&L Gates Nabs Mills Oakley Infrastructure Duo In Melbourne
• DOJ Limitation On Agency Guidance Levels Playing Field
• What To Expect After Trump's State Of The Union Address
• Pipeline Developer Can't Take Land Yet, Va. Judge Says
• NJ Joins Support For Delaware River Fracking Ban
• 1 Firm Leads January IPO Activity As 2018 Starts Bullish
• Feds Fight At 9th Circ. Against Water Release Order
• Cohen Milstein Hits SEC With FOIA Suit Tied To KPMG Probe
• 9th Circ. Ruling Broadens Reach Of CWA Pollution Liability
• Taiwan Requests Consultations Over US Solar Tariffs
• Business Trio Can't Void IRS Settlement, 7th Circ. Finds
• Solar Co. Seeks $12M In Federal Clean Energy Cash Grants
• Deals Rumor Mill: CBS, Heilan Home, Saudi Aramco
• Puerto Rico Electric Co. Preparing To Privatize, Says Panel
• Landowner Can't Overturn Energy Co.'s Win In Spill Suit
• Platinum Partners Judge Says He's 'Unlikely' To Split Trial
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age