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  1. December 22, 2022

    Biggest Energy-Related Court Rulings Of 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.

  2. August 31, 2022

    Circuit Split Clouds Grid Project Construction Fights

    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.

  3. June 01, 2020

    5th Circ. Told Texas Power Grid Law Is Unconstitutional

    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.

  4. April 23, 2020

    Texas Defends Power Grid Law's Constitutionality At 5th Circ.

    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.

  5. April 02, 2020

    DOJ Suggests Texas Power Grid Law Is Unconstitutional

    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.