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Connecticut Law Tribune

2nd Circuit Panel Set to Rule on Restoration of $145M to Energy Funds Under Conn. Program

Consumer and environmental activists are pinning their hopes on having the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rule that $145 million in funds must be restored to clean energy and energy efficiency accounts.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

PECO Energy Promotes Government Affairs Leader to General Counsel

Tony Gay will be replacing Romulo Diaz, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Wants Quick Public Disclosure of Any Giuliani Ukraine Docs

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said he recognized the documents are of "critical importance," and instructed American Oversight and the State Department to work together to find a way to search, process and produce requested documents within the next 30 days.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Challenges Ahead on New York's Path to Carbon Net Zero

New York state recently enacted a sweeping new law to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from virtually all sources over the next 20 to 30 years. The law contains no specific regulatory roadmap and instead leaves the details to be developed over the next three years with the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Public Service Commission taking leading roles. As New York takes up the hard work of developing a regulatory path forward, it will need to tread carefully to withstand the public and legal scrutiny that lies ahead. In their Domestic Environmental Law column, Karen Meara and Christopher Rizzo have identified three significant challenges that the state will face as well as possible solutions.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

LaGrange Plans to Fight Revived Fair Housing Lawsuit Over Utilities

"While disappointed in the panel's ruling on this preliminary issue, we also note that the court only ruled on one of the three grounds of the City's original motion to dismiss," LaGrange city attorney Jeffrey Todd of Lewis, Taylor & Todd said, "We recognize this could well be protracted litigation."
5 minute read

The Recorder

Fire Victims Vow to Fight $11 Billion Settlement PG&E Reaches With Insurers

PG&E and insurers announced the proposed settlement of claims arising from the 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire on Friday morning. The deal requires sign-off from the federal bankruptcy judge overseeing PG&E's Chapter 11 reorganization.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

When Mass Tort Meets Bankruptcy

In this edition of the Bankruptcy Update, Edward E. Neiger focuses on recent bankruptcy filings by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Imerys Talc America and Insys Therapeutics and their efforts to navigate the intersection of mass tort liabilities and bankruptcy.
6 minute read

The Recorder

CPUC Program for Alternative Energy Contracts Preempted by More Eco-Friendly Federal Law

The Ninth Circuit on Monday found that the CPUC's program was preempted by a federal law which requires electric utilities to buy all power produced by alternative energy generators. The decision upholds an earlier ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Much of Venezuela in the Dark Again After Massive Blackout

The power in the capital went out Monday afternoon and immediately backed up traffic as stop lights and the subway stopped working during rush hour.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Orders PG&E to Respond to Newspaper Report About Power Lines Sparking Wildfires

U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who is overseeing the aftermath of PG&E Corp.'s 2016 safety-related felony conviction, on Wednesday ordered the company to respond "paragraph-by-paragraph" to a Wall Street Journal report claiming that the utility company knew that parts of its transmission system were a potential wildfire hazard.
3 minute read

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