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Update: Latest Challenge of Final Clean Power Plan Rejected by D.C. Circuit
On September 9, 2015, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a Per Curiam Order resolving the question probed in our post, EPA Back in Court Over Clean Power Plan, Is this Challenge of the Final Rule Premature As Well?. Following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) announcement of the final Clean Power Plan in August, several States filed … Continue reading
EPA Back in Court Over Clean Power Plan, Is this Challenge of the Final Rule Premature As Well?
Since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its proposed Clean Power Plan (“Proposed CPP”) in June 2014, the agency has faced fierce opposition from states and companies seeking to prevent the implementation of the rule designed to drastically reduce CO2 emissions from existing power plants. In June 2015, Murray Energy Corporation and other opponents … Continue reading
Legal Challenge to EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan Rejected as Premature, Final Rule Sent to OMB for Review
The proposed Clean Power Plan introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014 has been met with considerable opposition, including a court battle that pitted energy companies and more than twenty States against each other in an effort to prevent the agency from implementing a final rule mandating the reduction of CO2 … Continue reading
FERC Technical Conferences Examining EPA Clean Power Plan Are Underway
At the close of 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) announced that it would hold a series of technical conferences to examine issues surrounding compliance with the Clean Power Plan proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) last June. FERC was urged by members of Congress to hold the conferences in order to do … Continue reading
Prompted by Congress, FERC Will Hold Technical Conferences to Examine EPA’s Clean Power Plan
We recently discussed the November letter request sent by Congressional energy committee leaders to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) questioning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) collaboration, or lack thereof, with FERC in developing the Clean Power Plan. The letter also requested that FERC hold technical conferences to explore relevant stakeholder positions regarding the Clean … Continue reading
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