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Project Finance - February, 2016

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• House Backs Efficiency Exemption For LED Lighting Tech
• Builders Lose Low-Income Appeal, But Thomas Wants 2nd Go
• Solar Project Review Was Sound, Nev. County Tells 9th Circ.
• Full 6th Circ. Asked To Review EPA Water Rule Decision
• 9th Circ. Reinstates FWS Polar Bear Habitat Designation
• Ill. Appeals Court Forces State To Reassess Algae Problem
• High Court Wants SG's Take On Venezuela Drilling Row
• NY Gov. Urges FERC To Halt $971M Pipeline Project
• High Court Won't Hear EPA Chesapeake Pollution Plan Appeal
• Consol Energy Offloads 400M Tons Of Coal In $420M Deal
• Fracking Bill Has One More Shot In Fla. Senate
• Utah Oil Co. Fined $1.7M Over Shoddy Tribal Lease Reports
• Chadbourne Drew Out $770M Congo Case, DC Circ. Told
• House To Propose FAA Funding Extension Amid Overhaul Row
• DOT To Award $800M To Improve Roads, Rails, Ports
• EPA Says Free Market Group Can't Weigh In On Emissions Suit
• Pipeline Co.'s Payouts Not Enough To Stay Spill Suit
• Maine Gov. Urges FERC To OK Kinder Morgan's $5B Pipeline
• Fla. Gov. Signs Trade Secrets Bills Backed By P3 Industry
• French Cargo Co. Asks To Confirm Annulled €39M Award
• Ill. Advocates Want Rate Cuts In $8B Southern Co. Merger
• DOT Officials Rolling Out FAST Act Rules, Initiatives
• La. Utility Regulators Nix $4.7B Cleco Sale To Investor Bloc
• 2nd Circ. Won't Block Pa. Tree Felling For $683M Pipeline
• FERC, Enviros Spar Over $3.8B LNG Project Review
• Dynegy, PE Firm Partner To Pay $3.3B For Engie US Plants
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• India's GMR Handed Win In Maldives Airport Arbitration
• Law360 Project Finance Editorial Advisory Board
• 20 States Ask Supreme Court To Stay EPA's Mercury Rule
• 9th Circ. Rejects Arizona Challenge To EPA Haze Plan
• Transpo Execs Push Hard For Permanent Highway Fund Fix
• Md. Power Plant Subsidy Gets Cool Reception From High Court
• Gold Reserve Agrees To Stall Registration Of $740M Award
• Developer Can't Ice Suit Over $229M NHL Arena Conversion
• Pillsbury Adds Transportation, Structured Finance Pro In NY
• 10th Circ. Won't Nix BLM Appeal In Fracking Fight
• FirstEnergy, AEP Blast Probe Of Coal Plant Subsidy Deals
• Mayer Brown Adds New Project Finance Partner In London
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Chargers Shift Focus To Downtown San Diego For Stadium
• New Pemex CEO Says Mexico Is Open For Partnerships
• Norway Reboots $1.2B Onshore Wind Power Project
• Md. Faces Skeptical High Court In Power Plant Subsidy Row
• 200+ In Congress Support Suit To Stop Clean Power Plan
• WildEarth Guardians Threatens To Sue Peabody Over Bonding
• Lucid Oil And Gas Endeavor Gets $350M EnCap Infusion
• States Urge 11th Circ. To Reopen EPA Water Rule Case
• Hyperdynamics Loses Round In African Drilling Dispute
• FHA Says Tribes Can't Sue Feds Over Calif. Highway
• FAST Act Called 'Game Changer' For Passenger Rail
• Fla. Utilities Accused Of Foisting Nuclear Costs On Customers
• 6th Circ. Water Ruling Ripe For En Banc Review
• FCC Floats Plan To Expand Rural Broadband Access
• Texas Cities May Seek New Path After Water-Rights Setback
• Judge Enters $1.1M Jury Award In Pipeline Landslide Case
• Enviros Threaten To Sue Feds Over W.Va. Coal Mine Bonding
• PE Sets Sights On Glut Of Energy Assets In Americas
• MoFo Snags Real Estate Partner From Paul Hastings
• US Tractor Plant Changes The Cuban Development Game
• Former USDOT Official Rejoins Hunton & Williams
• 6th Circ. Will Decide Fate Of Feds' Clean Water Rule
• Feds Urge 10th Circ. To Review Block On Fracking Rule
• 5 Challenges Facing Amtrak
• Clean Power Plan Foes Blast 'Audacious' EPA In DC Circ.
• Md. Power Plant Subsidies Are Legal, High Court Told
• Speedy Appeal Of Fracking Rule Stay Unnecessary, States Say
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• 11th Circ. Postpones Clean Water Rule Arguments
• Greens Attack BLM's 1M-Acre Calif. Oil, Gas Exploration Plan
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To $4.2B ETP Pipeline Project
• La. Tells 5th Circ. Army Corps On Hook For Full $3B Project
• Phillies Stadium Contractor Sues Partner Over $4M Payment
• High Court Asked To Review $123M Moroccan Oil JV Ruling
• End Of Direct Public Financing For Stadiums Is Drawing Near
• FTA Flexes Regulatory Muscle With Safety Plan Rule
• Slow Road Ahead For Changes To Pa. Pipeline Development
• EPA Announces Enforcement Push For Drinking Water
• 5th Circ. Says Oil Co. Can't Arbitrate Contract Row At ICC
• Power Plant Co. Wins Contract Row With Engineering Firm
• Corrosion Caused Calif. Oil Pipeline Spill, Regulators Say
• Enviros Urge 2nd Circ. To Block Work On $683M Gas Pipeline
• From The Book Of Jargon: Deal Creep
• Congressional Outlook 2016: Appropriations
• Texas Appeals Court Told New Trial Needed In Methane Case
• Scalia Leaves Lasting Mark On Environmental Law
• Calif. Dept. Of Transportation Crafts New Rail Plan
• Gold Co. Blasts Venezuela 'Silence' On $765M Payment Intent
• ConocoPhillips Australia Settles Timor-Leste Tax Disputes
• Ontario Judge Says Canada Must Pay Oil Cos. $14M Award
• What Cuba Wants From New Investors
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• In 'Sudden Change,' Congo Drops Appeals Of $770M Award
• Scalia's Death Deals Blow To Clean Power Plan Foes
• No Need For Bond During Gold Reserve Appeal: Venezuela
• Contractor Sues Army For Tanking $4.8M Construction Deal
• Morgan Lewis Scores Bracewell Energy Regulatory Pro
• Detroit Bridge Cos. Aim To Revive Challenge To Rival Span
• 2 States Say DOI Offshore Drilling Rule Shortchanges Them
• Enviros Allege Fracking Cos. Cause Oklahoma Quakes
• Orrick Adds 7 More Partners To New Houston Office
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Argentina Says French Utility Case Irrelevant In Water Row
• House Committee Clears Air Traffic Control, FAA Reform Bill
• Enviros Will Sue FWS Over Bat Listing Decision
• FERC Says Cameron LNG Expansion Won't Hurt Environment
• Rams Take Fan Suit Over LA Move To Federal Court
• New Route For $5B Atlantic Coast Pipeline Unveiled
• Nixon Peabody Adds Ex-Blank Rome Project Finance Partner
• The Potentially Sweeping Effects Of EPA's Chesapeake Plan
• New Developments Ensure Bright Future For Power Africa
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• El Paso Shareholders Oppose $142M Bond Cost Shift Proposal
• CEO Only Winner In $416M African Oil Deal, Investors Say
• EPA Head Optimistic About CPP Despite High Court's Stay
• Areva Increases Claims To $3.96B In Nuclear Costs Dispute
• First Reserve Buys $350M Texas Wind Project
• Holland & Knight Adds Ex-Goodwin Procter Real Estate Pro
• House Dems Float Public Lands Drilling Ban
• Greens, Industry Call Critical Habitat Rule Fatally Flawed
• DC Circ. Suspicious Of Offshore Project That Will Kill Birds
• Enviros Fighting Dominion Say FERC Must 'Face 21st Century'
• Industry Wants BLM's Appeal Of Fracking Rule Stay Tossed
• NJ Senate Advances New Offshore Wind Farm Bill
• SunEdison Barred From Asset Transfers In $150M Arbitration
• TransCanada Gas Pipeline Rate Hike Draws Fire At FERC
• Oil & Gas Co. Wants To Suspend Contract Suit, Arbitrate
• What's Next For Wholesale Electricity Market Operators
• Obama's Coal Moratorium Likely To Have Long-Term Effects
• ICSID Won't Revisit Ruling In Venezuela-Conoco Oil Dispute
• Army Corps OKs $1.2B Blackstone-Backed Clean Energy Line
• High Court Stay Could Spell Doom For EPA's Clean Power Plan
• Houston Mayor Scraps $60M In Airport Expansion Contracts
• Canada Says Its Drilling Law Is Fair In Gas Co.'s NAFTA Suit
• NJ Lawmakers Request Feds' Help To Fix Sandy Damage
• Oil And Gas Co. Must Arbitrate Contract Claims, Court Told
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• Dentons Tells DC Court Guinea's Fee Row Claims Still Flimsy
• A Deep Dive Into SEC's Latest Mining Disclosure Proposal
• ND Residents Fight $35M DOE Nuclear Waste Research Project
• Obama's $98B Transpo Budget Unlikely To Gain Traction
• Hyperdynamics Unit Says Partner Is Hindering Contract Row
• 10th Circ. Asked To Fast-Track BLM Fracking Rule Dispute
• Supreme Court Stays EPA's Clean Power Plan
• House Votes To Step Up VA Construction, Health Oversight
• SC Sues Feds Over Plans To Kill Nuke Waste Site
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Obama Proposes Slight Boost For EPA In 2017 Budget
• Fossil Fuels Would Foot Bill For $320B Clean Transport Plan
• Gila River Tribal Group Pushes To Block Ariz. Freeway
• DC Metro Wireless Installer's Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Insurers Say Policy Wasn't Triggered By Power Plant Defects
• Asciano Backs Qube's Sweetened $6.4B Buyout Offer
• FERC Rulings Zap Power Competition, 7th Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Denies Quick Win Over Enron Co.'s Nigeria Contract
• Pa. Reps. Push Gas Drilling Tax In Advance Of Wolf's Budget
• NJ Bill Would Expand Infrastructure Projects Cost Oversight
• Paris Deal May Give EPA Another Source Of GHG Authority
• Challenging An Arbitrator Ab Initio: A Primer
• Venezuela Can't Avoid Bond Over $740M Award, Miner Says
• Enviros Urge 2nd Circ. To Nix FERC's $683M Pipeline Approval
• CPP Challengers Insist High Court Stay Is Warranted
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To Kinder Morgan $2B LNG Project
• Hawaii Legislators Want To Resurrect Interisland Ferry
• BlackRock, Green Investment Buy $613M In UK Wind Farms
• White House Starts Review Of Offshore Drilling Blowout Rule
• FCC Head Tells GOP No Funding For Municipal Broadband
• FERC 'Seaway II' Order Is A Win For Oil Pipeline Industry
• Stage Is Set For Huge Stadium Naming Rights Deal In Calif.
• Enviros, States Urge High Court Not To Grant Stay Of CPP
• NJ Panel Advances Pipeline Leak Penalties Bill
• NY County Exec Cops To Rigging $311M In Contracts
• Congo Courts Can't Thwart $770M Award, DC Circ. Told
• Tribal Water Deals With $449M In Projects Clear Senate Panel
• Gold Reserve Can't Register Judgment Outside DC, Court Told
• Chicago Must Face Activists Over George Lucas Museum Site
• Flint Funding Impasse Derails Vote On Senate Energy Bill
• Oklahoma Quakes Trigger Legal Concerns For Energy Cos.
• Air Traffic Overhaul Fight Could Hobble FAA Bill
• Hyundai Heavy Seeks $178M More In Energy Co. Arbitration
• Dam Removal Plan May Go Before FERC After Lawmaker Delay
• $3B Fla. Pipeline Gets FERC OK Despite Enviro Concerns
• Navigating EU's Ownership Unbundling Rules
• Pa. Surface Rules For Oil And Gas Wells Clear Enviro Board
• Philippine Energy Co. Wins $4.4M Award In Row With UK Firm
• CPUC Net Metering Decision Is Good News For Clean Energy
• Farm Group Tells High Court EPA Chesapeake Plan Is Unfair
• 3 Florida Stadiums Clear Hurdle To Renovation Tax Funds
• NTSB's Probe Of Amtrak Engineer Ups Rail Safety Tech Push
• ICSID Won't Nix Total's Award In Argentina Investment Case
• 5 Pitfalls For Purchasers Of Distressed Oil, Gas Assets
• Greens Sue EPA Over Refinery Rule's Malfunction Exemptions
• Keep Big Oil Out Of Atlantic Ocean, NJ Lawmakers Say
• Senate Rejects Broader Efficiency Standard For Energy Bill
• Orrick Brings On 15 Attorneys For New Houston Office
• Paul Hastings Adds Ex-DLA Piper Int'l Arbitration Leader
• Pa. Senate Resolution Urges EPA Clean Power Plan Delay
• Gold Reserve Can Seek Venezuela's UK Assets In $740M Case
• Enbridge Challenges Delay Of $2.6B Crude Oil Pipeline Project
• The Yieldco Catch-22 Is Solvable
• FTA's LA Subway Enviro Review Was Insufficient, Judge Says
• Former Sens., DOT Brass Push For Air Traffic Control Reform
• Saipem Says Gazprom Owes $827M Over Nixed Project
• Enviros Say Feds Can't Dodge Grand Canyon Mining Suit
• O'Hare Airport To Get $1.3B Upgrade, New Runway
• Enviros Want 10th Circ. To Stop Wyo. Coal Lease Expansion
• House OKs Bill To Support Electricity Development In Africa
• Enviros, US Ask To Pause Coal Permitting Suit To Reach Deal
• Aviation Groups Blast Santa Monica's Bid To Close Airport
• Dealing With Expired Rights-Of-Way In Indian Country
• Unconventional Oil Developer Nabs $200M Infusion
• McGuireWoods, Kirkland Guide Dominion $4.4B Questar Buy
• FirstEnergy Drops FERC Fight After Power Demand Ruling
• Pa. Methane Rules May Be Tougher Than Federal Standards
• High Court Ruling May Mean More Demand Response Scrutiny