December 22, 2022
A seismic U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curbs the federal government's climate change authority dominated a year of court decisions with major implications for the energy industry. Here's a recap of some of the biggest energy-related court rulings of 2022.
August 31, 2022
The Fifth Circuit says a Texas law giving incumbent transmission companies the first chance to build new power lines is unconstitutional, throwing into question similar policies in other states that have emerged as flashpoints in fights over grid expansion.
June 01, 2020
A new Texas law that only allows incumbent transmission companies to build new power lines is an example of "blatant discrimination by statute" and should be struck down as unconstitutional, an attorney for a NextEra Energy Inc. unit told the Fifth Circuit on Monday.
April 23, 2020
Texas pressed the Fifth Circuit to uphold a new law governing the state's electric grid, brandishing another circuit's recent decision keeping intact "a substantively-identical" Minnesota statute in the face of a similar constitutional challenge.
April 02, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust arm has thrown its weight behind NextEra Energy's constitutional challenge to a Texas law affecting the construction of the state's electric grid, telling the Fifth Circuit that the statute discriminates against out-of-state companies.