Status: Public Service Commission's motion to dismiss granted and private respondents' motion to dismiss denied as academic. [ 03/20/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the New York State Public Service Commission's decision to authorize a Canadian cryptocurrency company’s acquisition of ownership interests in a company that owns and operates a natural gas plant in North Tonawanda.
Status: Concurring opinion issued in affirmance of decision rejecting power purchase agreement for biomass facility to supply energy to Hawai'i Island. [ 03/13/2023 ]
Description: Biomass power plant developer's challenge to Hawai'i Public Utilities Commission's denial of approval to supply energy to Hawaiʻi Island.
Description: Lawsuit contending that the Oregon Public Utility Commission was moving too slowly to implement mandate for zero-emissions electricity by 2040.
Status: State Corporation Commission's judgment affirmed. [ 10/27/2022 ]
Description: Environmental group's challenge to the Virginia State Corporation Commission's approval of a utility's rate-adjustment clause allowing it to recover the costs of purchasing carbon dioxide allowances for the RGGI cap-and-trade program.
Status: Public Service Commission approval of settlement agreement affirmed. [ 03/23/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the Michigan Public Service Commission's approval of a settlement agreement for a utility’s integrated resource plan that required retirement of a coal-fired electricity-generating facility in 2025 rather than 2039.
Status: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity affirmed. [ 12/08/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity granted by the Maryland Public Service Commission for a 20 megawatt solar energy generating system.
Status: Commission's decision vacated and remanded. [ 01/12/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Illinois Commerce Commission's approval of three new pumping stations on the Dakota Access Pipeline to increase the pipeline's throughput.
Status: Order of correction issued. [ 03/03/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to Public Utilities Commission’s approval of a power purchase agreement for a utility to purchase renewable energy from a solar-plus-battery plant.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 02/24/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to an easement granted by the Town of East Hampton Town Board for the landing site of a transmission cable from a proposed offshore wind facility.
Status: Appeal dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. [ 11/18/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by the City of San Antonio to block potential charter amendments that would change governance of publicly-owned utility and require utility to implement policies to achieve climate goals.
Status: Public Utilities Commission order affirmed. [ 06/29/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to Hawaii Public Utilities Commission's order declining to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.
Status: Public Utilities Commission's orders vacated and case remanded for hearing. [ 05/24/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission’s denial of a competitive bidding waiver to a utility in connection with power purchase agreement with biomass power facility.