Hoopa Valley Tribe v. FERC, et al

  1. December 20, 2019

    Biggest Energy Decisions Of 2019

    Exxon Mobil Corp.'s victory in a landmark climate change trial headlined a year's worth of energy rulings that also included decisions limiting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authority in utility bankruptcies and pipeline land seizures.

  2. July 09, 2019

    Biggest Energy Decisions So Far In 2019: Midyear Report

    Federal and state officials faced skeptical courts over the scope of their authority in the biggest energy-related court decisions in the first half of 2019, from FERC being elbowed out of utility bankruptcy cases and warned to step up its climate change reviews to President Donald Trump's efforts to open up more areas to offshore drilling running aground. Here are some notable energy-related decisions from the first half of 2019.

  3. April 29, 2019

    DC Circ. Won't Budge From FERC Dam Dispute Ruling

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to reconsider its January ruling that a one-year statutory clock for states to act on Clean Water Act permit requests doesn't reset if those applications are withdrawn and resubmitted, a decision stemming from a long-running dispute over the relicensing of hydroelectric dams.

  4. April 18, 2019

    Tribe Tells Full DC Circ. Not To Rehear FERC Dam Dispute

    A California-based tribe on Wednesday urged the full D.C. Circuit to reject a bid to reconsider an appeal panel's decision earlier this year that a one-year time limit for states to act on Clean Water Act permit requests doesn't reset if applications are withdrawn and resubmitted.

  5. March 20, 2019

    States Join Push For DC Circ. To Rehear FERC Dam Dispute

    Several states, including Oregon, New Jersey and Massachusetts, have urged the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its determination that the one-year time limit for states to act on Clean Water Act permit requests doesn't reset if applications are withdrawn and resubmitted.

  6. March 12, 2019

    Nonprofits Urge DC Circ. To Rethink FERC's Dam Dispute Win

    Environmental groups asked the full D.C. Circuit Monday to reconsider a panel's decision in a case over the relicensing of a Klamath River dam that said a one-year time limit for states to act on Clean Water Act permit requests doesn't reset if applications are withdrawn and resubmitted.

  7. January 25, 2019

    States Blew CWA Deadline In Dam Relicense Row: DC Circ.

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday said a one-year statutory clock for states to act on Clean Water Act permit requests doesn't reset if applications are withdrawn and resubmitted, a ruling that could impact states' roles in permitting pipeline projects whose construction is ultimately approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

  8. September 26, 2016

    Klamath River Dam Removal Funding All Set, FERC Told

    PacifiCorp and a nonprofit entity created to shut down part of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Friday to decide by the end of 2017 whether four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon can be transferred to the nonprofit prior to being demolished, saying the funding to complete the removal is in place.

  9. September 22, 2016

    Klamath Dam Removal Plans May Help Wrap Up Tribe's Suit

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is set to receive applications Friday from PacifiCorp and a nonprofit entity created to shut down the Klamath Hydroelectric Project that could help end a long-running suit by a California tribe that wants to speed up removal of the aging dams.

  10. August 29, 2016

    Calif. Tribe Tells DC Circ. Utility Can't Delay Dam Dispute

    The Hoopa Valley Tribe urged the D.C. Circuit on Friday not to postpone oral arguments in the tribe's suit over the relicensing of PacifiCorp's Klamath Hydroelectric Project, arguing that a proposed settlement to retire the project's dams depends on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approvals the agency may not grant.