Energy Archive » October, 2007

Energy - October, 2007

162 articles

• Drilling Companies Face Off In Patent Suit
• PJM Raises Question Of Monitor Independence
• Ingersoll-Rand To Pay $6.7M Over Oil-For-Food
• 9th Circuit Refuses To Rehear Mine Dumping Case
• Solutia Wants To Clean Up Sites After Reorganization
• Climate Change: White Paper Favors Cap-And-Trade
• Ex-Chevron Engineer Wins $5.6M Jury Verdict
• TVA Submits Nuclear Power Plant Application To NRC
• Saul Ewing Adds To Securities, Utility Practices
• Southern Union Claims Innocence In Mercury Scandal
• Environmental Groups Sue Over Mothball Fleet
• New Law Prompts Case Dismissals: Energy Cos.
• Bear Stearns Pays $1M To Settle Enron Suit
• Sparks Fly On Capitol Hill Over Energy Bill
• Asarco Wins Extension, Wants $158M Deal
• High Court To Hear Exxon's Appeal Over Valdez Spill
• Railroad Cos. Sued For $25M For River Clean-up
• Corporate Fraud Group Touts $2B In Fines, Recoveries
• EU Court Rejects U.S. Steel Suit Over Emissions Cap
• BP Not Entirely Off The Hook Yet
• $7M FERC Fine Caps Off Tough Day For BP
• DOJ Enviroment Enforcement Reaching Record Highs
• Casey Vows To Keep Fighting Power Corridor
• Cuomo Supports N.Y. Suit Over Nuclear Plant Safety
• BP Pays $370M In Fines, Four Execs Indicted
• Climate Change: Where Regulatory Regimes Fail
• Calpine's $400M Spat With Rosetta Gets Go-Ahead
• Transocean Hit With $20M Suit Over Damaged Pipeline
• White House Slammed For Global Warming Testimony
• House Energy Committee Takes Aim At BP
• CFTC Seeks Increased Power Over Energy Markets
• Calpine Asks To Sell $140M Solutia Claim
• Union Appeals Approval Of TransCanada's Pipeline
• IRS Guidance For Flip Structures In Wind Deals
• Conoco-Philips Unit Pleads Guilty To Hiding Oil Spill
• Kirkland & Ellis Wants Held-Back Fees In Calpine Case
• Judge Lops $5M Off GE Damages, Upholds Verdict
• Plaintiff's Engineer Blames Con Ed Pipe For Explosion
• Grid Reliability Watchdogs Get More Funding
• Avista Agrees To Pay $4M Yearly Rent On Dams
• Court Defers Global Power Ruling Until Tuesday
• ExxonMobil Suffers Blow Over Worker Penalty
• Judge Shoots Down Probe Of Calpine Units
• BP To Pay $50M Fine For Refinery Blast
• Toxic Tort Settlers Sue Conoco Managers Over Firings
• The Senate's Climate Change Cap-And-Trade Bill
• Chapman And Cutler Nabs Litigator
• BP To Pay $303M To Settle Price Manipulation Claims
• Schneider Sued Over Energy Management Technology
• Pesticide Co. Settles Some Claims In Cleanup Wrangle
• Advocate Opposes Alliant's New Coal-Fired Plant
• Banks Want Enron Creditors' Ruling Reconsidered
• Liberty Seeks Dismissal From Murphy Fire Suit
• California Readies To Sue EPA This Week
• Global Power Creditors Object To Settlement
• DuPont Hit With $196M Verdict
• Trustee Wary Of Global Power Deal Details
• Judge Drills DOE With $48.6M Ruling
• Group Sues FirstEnergy Over Power Plant Emissions
• Calpine, Trustee Resolve Conflict-of-Interest Dispute
• Senate Dems Want To Halt Reserve Oil Deliveries
• Rainforest Group Accuses Chevron Of Hiding Liability
• Miners Lose Appeal In Lifetime Benefits Case
• Non-Public Entities Won't Pay Refunds In Energy Crisis
• DOE Tags $8M For Energy Network Cybersecurity
• FERC OKs Three Banks To Buy Energy Shares
• Calpine Trustee Wants Advisers' Fees Slashed
• EU Threatens Malta With ECJ Action
• France Targeted For Noncompliance With Energy Rule
• Appeals Court Finds For Congo Oil Co. In Loan Suit
• Top Tankers Moves To Toss Shareholder Class Action
• Kazakhstan Cuts TengizChevroil's Fine To $306M
• BP, Texas Plaintiffs Debate Lord Browne Deposition
• EU Confronts Five Countries Over Air Pollution Limits
• Con Edison Blames NYC For Pipe Explosion
• Ecuador Lawyers Sanctioned For False Cancer Claims
• Southern Union Charged With Illegal Mercury Storage
• Exxon, Cargill To Fund Cleanup Of Superfund Site
• Calif. Pensions Must Divest Iran-Involved Cos.' Stock
• Renewable Energy Needs More Infrastructure: Report
• State Environment Counsel Joins Venable
• N.J. Law To Govern Foster Wheeler Insurance Dispute
• DuPont To Pay $55.5M For Property Cleanup Claims
• Investing As A REIT In Utility Conduit Systems
• Pols, EPA Fight U.S. Steel's Water Permit
• Supreme Court Will Hear N.J.-Del. Dispute
• ITC Votes To Extend Anti-Dumping Steel Duties
• EPA To Propose New Rules For Carbon Sequestration
• Beverly Hills Plaintiffs To Get $10M From Frontier Oil
• Judge OKs Calpine Agreement With HSBC
• Louisiana Calls On EPA To Oppose Arkansas Permit
• Mining Company Confronts Suit After Disclosure
• Asarco Settles With Majority Bondholder
• Smithfield Decision Raises Concerns For NAESB
• Dow To Begin Talks With EPA Over Dioxin Cleanup
• Calpine, Creditors Challenge Holders Over Appeal
• EU Approves Distrigas Commitments To Open Market
• Global Power Inches Closer To Ch. 11 Exit
• Energy Transfer Partners Faces Class Action
• Exempt Commercial Markets And The Enron Loophole
• IOSTAR Partners Stole Nuclear Power Secrets: Suit
• DuPont Shells Out For Spelter Smelter's Neighbors
• Ethanol Restructurings On The Horizon
• Day Pitney Beefs Up Energy Ranks
• Record-Breaking Enviro Fines Don't Tell Full Story
• Bush OKs EPA Funding For Pesticide Controls
• Two Marine-Hose Defendants Seek Dismissal
• Rowan Enters Guilty Plea Over Gulf Of Mexico Pollution
• Moncrief Oil Sues Gazprom Over Siberian Gas Field
• Clean Energy Push Fuels IP, Energy Interplay
• Plaintiffs Appeal Ruling In BP Crude Oil Futures Case
• Asarco Accused Of Hiding Behind Bankruptcy Cover
• NLRB Alters Standard In Hiring Bias Suits
• Energy Products Of Idaho Says Biofuel Patent Invalid
• IP Enforcement In China: Chint V. Schneider Electric
• AEP Settles Acid Rain Case For Record $4.6B
• Plaintiffs, Murphy Set Facts Straight About Fire
• AK Steel Fashions Settlement With Retirees
• Consumers Reinforce Claims Of Fraud At The Pump
• DOE To Fine Bechtel Over Nuclear Safety Violations
• Chemical Cos. To Pay $5M For Turtle Bayou Cleanup
• DOJ Threatened Dynegy To Stop Funding: Exec
• Banks, Funds Appeal Enron Bankruptcy Decision
• Energy Co. Fined For Poor Chemicals, Waste Storage
• Centerpoint Seeks Dismissal From 3rd MDL Case
• Lawyers Plead Good Faith In Chevron Sanctions Feud
• Federal Loan Program Will Cover New Nuclear Plants
• Motiva Pays $2.3M, Avoids Contempt Trial
• New Reporting Requirements For Gas Pipeline Cos.
• Calpine's Shareholders Denied Request For Stay
• Amaranth Seeks Stay Against FERC Action
• Marathon Price-Gouging Suit Sent Back To Ky.
• National Grid Gives Up Fight For LNG Terminal
• FTC Drops Bid To Block Western Refining Merger
• Global Power Trustee Fights Bid To Hire 2nd Agent
• Old Mining Law Under New Scrutiny
• Govt. Wins Time In Dana Superfund Feud
• Underfunded Superfund Draws Calls For Reform
• Edison Fights $200M Order In Survey Rigging Case
• Chevron-Led Oil Venture Fined $609M
• Enron Plaintiffs Want Lerach Off The Docket
• Dems Push For Increased 'Environmental Justice'
• Md. Fines Constellation, Orders Fly Ash Clean-Up
• Sullivan & Worcester Adds Two To Energy Group
• CFTC Claims Record Wins With Year-End Stats
• Feds Reject $9.5B Nuclear Decommissioning Deal
• Tribunal Tells Argentina To Pay $172M To Energy Co.
• Jury Finds Dupont Negligent Over Waste Site
• Enron Says Citigroup Is Silencing Workers
• FERC To Revisit Edison Contract Dispute
• Shareholders Fight On Against Calpine's Disclosure
• Ex-Dynegy Execs Settle With SEC
• Marathon Prevails In Tying, Price-Fixing Class Action
• York Pays $22M To Settle Oil-For-Food Charges
• Court Lifts Damage Cap In Mining Co. Lease Dispute
• Judge Hits WRT Energy Shareholders With Sanctions
• Asarco Strikes Deal With Texas Over El Paso Site
• MTBE Plaintiffs Urge Federal Judge To Remand Cases
• Judge OKs New Complaint About Nigerian Deaths
• Climate Bills: Congress Prepares For The Fall
• Weeks Into Trial, Oil-For-Food Honcho Pleads Guilty
• Xcel Wins $116.5M Over Yucca Mountain Delays