Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month....more
8/15/2024
/ Amended Complaints ,
Article III ,
AZ Supreme Court ,
Capacity Market ,
Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Department of Revenue ,
En Banc Review ,
Entergy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hurricane Season ,
Interconnections ,
MISO ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Renewable Energy ,
Standing ,
Subsidies ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Court ,
Transmission Grid ,
Unconstitutional Condition ,
Wind Farm ,
Wind Power
In the 2024 Minnesota legislative session, the Legislature granted the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) expanded enforcement powers (Enforcement Legislation or Legislation), including clarified powers to shut down...more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more
6/10/2024
/ Air Pollution ,
Chapter 11 ,
Corporate Liability ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Flat Fees ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Investor-Owned Utilities ,
Jurisdiction ,
Negligence ,
New Rules ,
PG&E ,
Power Plants ,
Public Utilities Commission ,
Public Utility ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shareholders ,
Spinoffs ,
Sua Sponte ,
Transmission Grid ,
Transmission Planning ,
Wildfires ,
Wrongful Death
Governor Tim Walz recently signed the Minnesota Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act and amendments to the certificate of need requirements (Permitting Act). The Permitting Act includes significant reforms to streamline...more
6/6/2024
/ Building Permits ,
Certificate of Need ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Infrastructure ,
Land-Use Permits ,
Operational Permits ,
Public Utilities Commission ,
Renewable Energy ,
Transmission Lines
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more
5/7/2024
/ CAISO ,
Clean Air Act ,
Damages ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of the Interior ,
Derivative Suit ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Forestry ,
NEPA ,
Offshore Wind ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
PG&E ,
Power Plants ,
Rental Property ,
Transmission Grid ,
Utility Rates ,
Wildfires ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. Please reach out to any of the authors, listed above, to discuss these issues....more
4/10/2024
/ Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
GAO ,
Gross Negligence ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Renewable Energy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Utilities Sector
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Week in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments from the previous week....more
Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Week in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments from the previous week....more
Effective January 1, 2024, Minnesota’s lobbying and public disclosure law will vastly increase the number of political jurisdictions that trigger disclosure requirements in a manner that will increase the number of persons...more
The month of September was a bad month for the City of Minneapolis’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan (2040 Comp Plan). On September 5, 2023, Minnesota’s Fourth Judicial District (Hennepin County) released a decision temporarily...more
10/10/2023
/ Affordable Housing ,
Appeals ,
Department of Economic Development ,
Environmental Review ,
General Plan ,
Housing Developers ,
Housing Market ,
Injunctions ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Municipalities ,
Real Estate Development ,
Urban Planning & Development
On February 14, 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC’s broad definition of qualifying facilities (“QF”) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”). In Broadview Solar, LLC, 174 FERC ¶...more
On December 30, 2022, FERC issued an order approving a stipulation between the Office of Enforcement and FirstEnergy Corp., which required FirstEnergy to pay a civil penalty and submit to compliance monitoring because...more
1/9/2023
/ Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Duty of Candor ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Statements ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Lobbyists ,
Public Utility ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Settlement
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently ruled that an investor is deemed an affiliate of a public utility if the investor has a seat on the public utility’s board of directors. This rule indicates...more
Last month the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington held that a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Takedown Notice triggered a policyholder’s obligation to notify its claims-made insurer....more
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) published a final rule on May 27, 2015, that purports to clarify the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act...more