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'$2.5B in Tort Liability'? California High Court Considers Whether PG&E Negligent Power Shutoff Class Actions Preempted

Justice Goodwin Liu appeared skeptical that litigation was the right tactic to address PG&E shutoffs, saying "it's a very complicated issue."
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Tosses Charges Against Executive in S.C. Nuclear Debacle, but Case May Not Be Over

District Court Judge Mary Geiger Lewis tossed the charges Wednesday because ratepayers of the utility that lost billions of dollars on the project were improperly allowed on the grand jury that indicted Westinghouse Electric Co. executive Jeffrey Benjamin.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Gainesville Cites Debt Worries in Municipal Utilities Fight

Gainesville says a new state law that overhauled control of the region's municipal utility it could violate bond agreements.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

FPL, Hurricane Irma Plaintiffs Battle Over New Power Outage Law

With two courts looking at the issue, plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit are disputing arguments by Florida Power & Light that a new state law…
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Power & Light Says Law Should Short-Circuit Irma Case

A lawsuit contends that Florida Power & Light did not meet obligations to help prevent outages, such as carrying out a storm "hardening" plan, replacing aging poles and adequately clearing vegetation near lines.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

No One—Not Even the High Court—Seems to Agree on ERCOT Liability for Storm Uri

By granting immunity to a "purely private" entity without requiring a demonstration of the government's "actual control ... the court undermines this public trust," dissenting Justices Jeffrey Boyd and John Devine wrote.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lower Fuel Costs to Trim Florida Power & Light Bills

The approval by the Florida Public Service Commission came after more than a year of volatility in fuel prices that helped drive up bills for customers of FPL and other utilities, but in recent months has allowed FPL to begin passing along savings.
3 minute read

Law.com

US Attorney's Office in California Launches $40M Suit Against Public Utility Over Historically Destructive 2017 Wildfire

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Misuse of Litigation? Cryptomining Vendor Says IP Suit Is Competitor's Ruse

As a matter of public policy, Lancium should not have the ability to monopolize a regulatory standard intended for broad adoption of ERCOT," OBM Inc. CEO Dan Lawrence said.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: A Texas Appellate Win Over Agency's Electricity Pricing Moves During 2021 Winter Storm

Allyson Ho and Mike Raiff of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Bill Moore of Enoch Kever got a blockbuster decision last week for client Luminant Energy Co. finding that the state's Public Utility Commission violated its statutory mandate by setting and keeping power rates artificially high for four days in February 2021.
10 minute read

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