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Class Action Gets Go-Ahead From Appellate Court in FPL Irma Outages

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

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Justices Question Approval of FPL Rates

Base-rate issues are closely watched, as they involve billions of dollars, make up large portions of customers' monthly bills and help determine how much profit that utilities can earn.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Supreme Court to Weigh Florida Power & Light Rates

Opponents of Florida Power & Light's increased base electric rates contend that a four-year settlement with the Florida Public Service Commission is not in the "public interest" and was improperly approved by the regulatory commission.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over U.S. Utility's Long-Term Deals

The lawsuit filed in August 2020 argued that 20-year deals signed by most of TVA's customers lock the power distributors into exclusive contracts with the TVA and "will forever deprive distributors and ratepayers the opportunity to renegotiate with TVA to obtain cheaper, cleaner electricity," according to the Southern Environmental Law Center, which filed the suit for three plaintiff groups.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawmakers Eye Oversight of Local Municipal Utilities

Rep. Chuck Clemons expressed concerns about situations in which residents are customers of municipal utilities but live outside of city boundaries.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Are Greenwashing Lawsuits a Passing Fad?

Greenwashing lawsuits are on a meteoric rise. Over the past five years, private and government plaintiffs have filed numerous greenwashing lawsuits…
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Favorable Public Policies Drive Uptick in Patent Applications for Hydrogen Innovations

The new technologies being developed address hydrogen generation, storage, and distribution, as well as consumer products such as hydrogen-fueled vehicles and their specific components. In tandem, there has been a dramatic uptick in patent applications to protect these technologies and the considerable investments being made to create them.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Global Energy Transition: A Roundtable on Related Disputes

Burford Capital's Christiane Deniger and Matt Lee spoke with a group of energy dispute experts in November 2022 about the effects of the energy transition on commercial disputes, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and supply chain issues and the use of legal finance in the sector.
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'People Want to Know': Briefs Pile Up as Observers Step Into Supreme Court Case

"You see the strong amicus presence," said Jennifer Caughey of Jackson Walker.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Broward Judge Removed From Case Over 'Well-Founded Fear of Bias'

"Unfortunately, no matter how many times appellate courts admonish judges to avoid such utterings … these verbal musings continue to occur," ethics expert Andrew Scott Berman said.
5 minute read

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