Energy (generally)

A district court granted renewable energy groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to five DOI actions issued in response to executive branch actions concerning wind and solar…

A district court granted the Maryland Department of the Environment's (MDOE's) motion to dismiss a challenge to its building energy performance standards that set greenhouse gas emissions targets…

A district court denied trade groups', companies', and unions' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the District of Columbia's 2022 law banning the use of gas appliances in certain newly…

A district court denied trade groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to a Maryland county's ordinance banning the use of gas appliances in new buildings. The groups argued the Energy…

A district court largely denied nonprofit groups' and historic property owners' motions for summary judgment in a challenge to BOEM's award of a lease for construction of a wind energy facility…

A district court granted in part and denied in part 15 states' and homebuilders' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to HUD's and USDA's 2024 determination that heightened energy efficiency…

A district court denied a solar energy company's motion to preliminarily enjoin implementation of a Maine law that imposes a monthly charge on community solar developers participating in the state…

A district court granted an energy company's request to preliminarily enjoin a 2025 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) order suspending all ongoing activities related to the company's wind…

A district court granted summary judgment for 17 states, the District of Columbia, and a nonprofit group in a challenge to federal agencies' orders implementing a presidential memorandum that…

The D.C. Circuit, 2-1, denied petitions to review DOE's amended energy efficiency standards for consumer furnaces and certain commercial water heaters under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act…