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Will we see federal legislation setting a clean energy standard?

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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December 9 2011

A clean energy standard (CES) is a policy that requires covered electricity retailers to supply a specified share of their electricity sales from qualifying clean energy resources

Federal Court reins in Corps’ regulation of wetlands

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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October 12 2010

A federal District Court judge in Florida has issued an order prohibiting the Army Corps of Engineers from expanding the Corps' authority under the Clean Water Act without first going through the appropriate administrative procedures

DC microgrids: next big trend in renewable energy?

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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June 7 2011

When Thomas Edison pioneered the sale and delivery of electric power, he envisioned small, local power generators delivering electricity to a limited number of customers using direct current (DC

Indiana and Ohio petition U.S. Supreme Court to reverse greenhouse gases nuisance ruling

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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October 12 2010

Indiana and Ohio joined 10 other states, industry groups, and the Obama Administration to ask the U.. Supreme Court to reverse a greenhouse gases nuisance ruling in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Company, which allowed states and private plaintiffs to sue coal-fired utilities for contributing to global warming through carbon dioxide emissions

Federal district court rules in favor of coal-fired power plant and against government in prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) lawsuit

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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July 14 2010

Following a bench trial, a federal district court in the Sixth Circuit decided that the replacement of the economizer and superheater sections at a coal-fired power plant fell within the routine maintenance, repair, and replacement (RMRR) exception to PSD regulations

Indiana coal mines beware: IDEM begins NPDES General Permit revisions

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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November 3 2010

Indiana coal mines have until November 26, 2010 to submit comments to IDEM's recently revised Development of New Rules and Amendments to Rules Concerning NPDES General Permits

Increased review sought for wind farms near defense department radar sites

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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July 14 2010

On June 29, 2010, the House Armed Services subcommittee held a hearing on the compatibility of wind farms and military installations

Federal district court dismisses PSD claims seeking civil penalties as time-barred

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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July 14 2010

A federal district court recently answered a common question in PSDNSR enforcement litigation: When is it too late to sue for civil penalties related to a major modification?

EPA redefines “solid waste” to incentivize creative fuel technology: garbage to gold

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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March 9 2011

Since the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.) first became law, consternation among the regulated community has grown as a principal purpose of RCRA, namely, to encourage discarded material reuse as fuel, appears to have been ignored in EPA’s rulemaking

EPA's dog won't hunt

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
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USA
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June 14 2011

Avenal Power Center, LLC prevailed in its lawsuit (Avenal Power Center, LLC v U.S. EPA, 2010 WL 6743488 (D.D.C.)) against U.S. EPA for its failure to grant or deny a PSD permit application for the construction of a natural gas-fired power plant within the statutorily mandated one-year period

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