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FERC Upheld on Market-Based RatesPublished: November 8th, 2011
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s market-based rates policy for wholesale power markets passes muster under the agency’s governing statutes, a federal appeals court determined. “The... Read more
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NRECA Opposes Pole Regulation EffortPublished: October 23rd, 2011
NRECA has told a federal appeals court that it should uphold a lower court decision and reject a lawsuit to subject tens of millions of treated-wood utility poles to environmental permitting and compliance... Read more
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Appeals Court Declines Yucca ReviewPublished: July 15th, 2011
A federal appeals court has rebuffed as premature a request to review the Department of Energy’s attempt to withdraw its application for a nuclear waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain. But... Read more
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NRECA Backs Supreme Court RulingPublished: June 21st, 2011
NRECA CEO Glenn English said the U.S. Supreme Court ruled properly when it struck down a multi-state attempt to sue utilities that emit greenhouse gases under federal common law on the grounds that they are... Read more
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Suit Charges Railroads Fixed PricesPublished: June 16th, 2011
In a lawsuit of major interest to co-ops, a coal mining company has sued two freight rail giants, charging that they have gouged customers by illegally fixing prices. Oxbow Corp. and its subsidiaries... Read more
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Court Rejects DOE’s Grid CorridorsPublished: February 10th, 2011
A federal appeals court has delivered another setback to lawmakers’ efforts to give federal officials limited authority to site transmission lines in heavily congested corridors. Acting on Feb. 1, the... Read more
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Challenge to FERC Hydro Stance NixedPublished: January 12th, 2011
A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s refusal to impose conditions on a utility’s annual license for a hydroelectric project in the Pacific... Read more