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MA upholds wind purchase agreement
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- January 8 2012
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a 15 year power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and National Grid December 28
Efficiency standards challenge rejected
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 21 2011
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit refused 2-1 August 16 to block a final rule by the Department of Energy setting the first energy efficiency standards for small electric motors
EPSA challenges compensation method
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- January 8 2012
The Electric Power Supply Association asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit December 23 to review a March 2011 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rule that requires compensation for demand response programs that are aimed at reducing the demand for wholesale electricity during peak hours
Cross-state rule challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- October 16 2011
Power companies, states, municipalities, and industry groups filed another 23 lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule for power plants by the October 7 deadline
Biomass permit exemption challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 21 2011
Georgia Forestwatch, Wild Virginia, the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Natural Resources Council of Maine filed a lawsuit August 15 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging a rule that exempts facilities burning biomass from the requirement to obtain greenhouse gas emissions permits for three years
Biomass delay challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- September 25 2011
The Natural Resources Defense Council filed suit September 19 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit against the Environmental Protection Agency
Industry asks Supreme Court about legality of retroactive rulemaking
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 7 2011
On July 21, the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and the American Petroleum Institute petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether a federal agency that misses a statutory rulemaking deadline can apply a regulation retroactively based on implicit, not actual, congressional authorization
CA Supreme Court validates Clean Water Act use
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- August 21 2011
The California Supreme Court unanimously held August 15 that regulators did not violate the Clean Water Act by applying a cost-benefit standard to determine whether the Moss Landing Power Plant’s cooling water design reflected the best available technology to protect fish and other aquatic organisms
Utility MACT challenged
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- October 16 2011
The Utility Air Regulatory Group and 25 states petitioned the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia October 7 to postpone until 2012 the deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to issue a final rule requiring power plants to control toxic emissions
Wind investigations initiated
- Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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- USA
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- January 22 2012
Following a petition from a coalition of wind tower manufacturers that alleged unfair pricing, the Department of Commerce announced January 19 that it is initiating investigations into utility-scale wind towers in China and Vietnam
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- Jurisdiction - USA
- Firm Name - Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
- Workarea - Litigation
- Workarea - Energy & Natural Resources
- Author - Daniel Phillips