December 24, 2015
Between fights over the Obama administration's landmark suite of climate change regulations and the extent of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority over the nation's electricity system, 2016 is shaping up to be a blockbuster year for energy-related litigation. Here are six cases that energy attorneys are going to be watching closely.
December 23, 2015
Challengers of the Clean Power Plan urged the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday to stay the controversial rule while legal battles play out, saying the federal government hasn't shown that the challengers won't be irreparably harmed by having to begin compliance with the rule.
December 22, 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its supporters are urging the D.C. Circuit to deny a request by the Clean Power Plan's challengers to issue a speedy ruling and split up the briefing, saying it would instead bog down the case and unfairly prejudice the agency.
December 08, 2015
Power companies, states and municipalities that support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants on Tuesday urged the D.C. Circuit not to stay the rule while litigation plays out, saying opponents' concerns are overblown.
December 04, 2015
A pair of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency heads who said the Clean Power Plan reflected the agency's "best traditions" will get to defend it in the D.C. Circuit, which let the two file an amicus brief Friday.
December 03, 2015
The federal government on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit not to stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, saying it has clear authority to carry out its rule to limit carbon emissions and that challengers haven't shown a likelihood to succeed.
November 06, 2015
A number of power companies, including Calpine Corp., on Thursday intervened to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, the same day some opponents of the plan asked the D.C. Circuit to stay the plan's effective date pending the outcome of the case.
November 04, 2015
A coalition of states, cities and counties looking to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan on Wednesday intervened in a D.C. Circuit case challenging the agency action, arguing they have an interest in preventing climate change from hurting their residents.
November 02, 2015
Entities connected to Energy Future Holdings Corp. have expressed their support for six different motions, including one from North Dakota, to stay a new federal rule mandating carbon emission cuts from power plants, while coal giant Peabody Energy Corp. moved to intervene in the massive consolidated suit challenging the rule.
October 26, 2015
The D.C. Circuit consolidated on Monday the numerous challenges to the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan filed by dozens of states and industry groups last week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's rule mandating carbon emission cuts from existing power plants officially went on the books.