Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Missouri Public Service Commission
A Missouri appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part the Missouri Public Service Commission's order suspending an electric utility company's request for a general rate increase.The company argued that the Commission erroneously refused to include electric vehicle charging stations constr...
Sierra Club v. United States Department of the Interior
The Fourth Circuit vacated both an incidental take statement issued by FWS and a right-of-way permit issued by the National Park Service (NPS) for construction of a natural gas pipeline that intersects the Blue Ridge Parkway. Environmental groups argued that the take limits set by FWS in its Inciden...
Sierra Club, Inc. v. United States Forest Service
The Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded BLM's decision granting a right-of-way through federal land for construction of a pipeline and the U.S. Forest Service's decision to amend the Jefferson National Forest Land Resource Management Plan to accommodate the right-of-way and pipeline construction. En...
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The D.C. Circuit denied power companies' petitions to review FERC orders approving an exemption to the minimum offer price rule in the New England forward capacity market for a limited amount of qualifying renewable energy. The companies argued that the exemption for renewables created unjust, unrea...