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Energy Infrastructure on Tenuous Winning Streak in the Courts

June 25, 2019 admin Business, Commentary, court, courts, energy infrastructure, Environmental, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, news, permit, remand, T&D, vacatur

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:47:26 +0000

Federal courts have been pretty kind to energy infrastructure in recent weeks, particularly in cases involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). For starters, this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit removed one of the hurdles to construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The court decided that a new presidential permit—issued […]

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EPA Finalizes ACE Rule, Replaces Clean Power Plan

June 19, 2019 admin ace rule, america's power, bser, Business, Carbon Capture, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, D.C. Circuit, EPA, heat rate, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, nrdc, nreca, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:23:20 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule to formally replace the Obama administration’s controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP). Like the CPP, the ACE rule will regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs), and it will be founded firmly on the agency’s 2009 Endangerment Finding. However, the ACE rule focuses on the nation’s […]

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Dispute Flares About Equipment at Abandoned V.C. Summer Nuclear Project

May 16, 2019 admin AP1000, Business, courts, lawsuit, news, Nuclear, Santee Cooper, SCANA, SOUTH CAROLINA, southern, Technology, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 13:24:22 +0000

The fight about who owns equipment at the now-abandoned V.C. Summer 2 and 3 AP1000 reactors in South Carolina intensified on May 14, as key stakeholder Santee Cooper sued lead contractor Westinghouse for certification documentation related to that equipment. The lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, Charleston Division, […]

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EPA Will Issue Final Carbon Rules for Power Plants in June

May 7, 2019 admin ace rule, Business, carbon regulations, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Coal, courts, Environmental, EPA, Gas, ghgs, heat rate, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, OMB, Technology, Trump

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 13:49:09 +0000

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to take final action to repeal the Clean Power Plan in June 2019, a federal court filing shows. The agency told the D.C. Circuit—in a May 6 status report—review of the Obama-era rule that sets the first carbon dioxide limits for existing power plants “continues to be a high […]

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SC suspends work in NCR, C. Luzon courts

April 22, 2019 admin courts, latest news, Latest News Stories, Metro, Regions, Supreme Court, work suspended

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:07:26 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has suspended work in all courts in Metro Manila and Central Luzon on Tuesday, following the magnitude 6.1 earthquake that rocked parts of Luzon last Monday.

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Federal Court Vacates Parts of Obama EPA’s ELG Rule

April 18, 2019 admin Business, Clean Water Act, Coal, coal ash, courts, effluent limitations guidelines, elgs, fifth circuit, Gas, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, Technology, timelines, trump epa, Wastewater, Water, water treatment

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:06:55 +0000

In a legal victory for environmental groups, a federal court has vacated key portions of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) November 2015–promulgated effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for steam electric power plants, deeming them “unlawful.” The decision adds a dramatic new element of uncertainty for the rule’s timeline, which the Trump administration has said it expects […]

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Nuclear Subsidy Dispute Now Rests with FERC, Competitive Generators Say

April 16, 2019 admin Business, calpine, climate change, courts, epsa, Exelon, Federal Court, ferc, Illinois, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, mopr, New Jersey, New York, news, NRG, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Ohio, Pennsylvania, pjm, pseg, second circuit, seventh circuit, Supreme Court, vistra, zecs

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:41:28 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to reconsider industry-led challenges to state nuclear subsidy programs in New York and Illinois leaves the contentious matter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The high court on April 15 declined to accept petitions for review of decisions by the Second Circuit and Seventh Circuit, dealing a major blow […]

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POWER Notebook: First Order for Novel Gas Turbine; Three Mile Island Accident Turns 40; PG&E Pushes Back on Judge’s Proposal

March 25, 2019 admin Afghanistan, Business, court, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Gas, judge, Legal & Regulatory, news, notebook, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Pennsylvania, PG&E, siemens, stg-a45, three mile island, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:26:11 +0000

Siemens, Three Mile Island, and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) made notable headlines over recent days. Here is this week’s POWER notebook. Siemens Bags First Order for 41-MW Aeroderivative Gas Unit Siemens on March 25 said it received its first order for its newest aeroderivative gas turbine offering—the SGT-A45. The buyer, Bayat Power, a subsidiary […]

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NXIVM President Nancy Salzman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy

March 13, 2019 admin barbara bouchey, canadian news, courts, cults, keith raniere, nancy salzman, news, nxivm, Sex Trafficking

Credit to Author: Sarah Berman| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:04:33 +0000

The conviction and new court filings suggest more ex-insiders are cooperating with the feds.

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Palace: Nothing wrong with Duterte calling court to let Misuari travel abroad

March 4, 2019 admin calling courts, courts, Interference, Latest News Stories, local news, Mindanao, Nation, national news, news, Nur Misuari, Persuasion, Philippines news updates, politics, Rodrigo Duterte, Salvador Panelo

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 07:22:58 +0000

There’s nothing wrong about President Rodrigo Duterte calling and courts to let MILF’s Misuari, who is facing lawsuits by government, to travel abroad, the Palace said.

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