FERC to Hold Technical Conference to Address Reliability
By Ken Irvin and Sohair Ahmadi The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) announced that it will hold a technical conference, open to the public, on November 29, 2011 from 1:00...
View ArticleEPA Proposes CO2 Emissions Standards for New Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Generators
By Gregory Lawrence, Athena Eastwood, Joseph Williams and Tory Lauterbach On March 27, 2012 the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) submitted for publication in the Federal Register a notice of...
View ArticleThe DC Circuit Court Vacates Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Today, in a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its decision vacating the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which requires...
View ArticleImplications of the D.C. Circuit Court Decision in EPA Cross-State Air...
The August 21, 2012 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to vacate EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule marks a material interpretation of EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act...
View ArticleEPA Petitions DC Circuit for Rehearing of EME Homer City Generation, L.P....
By Ken Irvin, David Williams, and Anna Biegelsen On Friday, October 5, 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency petitioned the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for...
View ArticleDC Circuit Denies Request for Rehearing of CSAPR
By Ken Irvin, Terence Healey and Sohair Ahmadi Aguirre On January 24, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied requests by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and environmental...
View ArticleRecent Developments in Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Supreme Court...
By Ken Irvin, David Williams, Terence Healey and Sohair Aguirre On Monday, June 24, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for a writ of...
View ArticleSignificant Upwind Impact: The Supreme Court Upholds Cross-State Air...
By Athena Eastwood, Kenneth Irvin, Gregory Lawrence, David Williams, Sohair Aguirre, and Sarah Tucker. On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection...
View ArticleSAVE THE DATE: 2014 Energy & Commodities Regulation, Compliance and...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP will be hosting its annual Energy & Commodities Conference in Houston, Texas. The program will feature informative presentations and panel discussions on the...
View ArticleEPA Proposes First Carbon Emissions Limits for Power Plants
By Athena Eastwood, Kenneth Irvin, Gregory Lawrence, Douglas Fischer and Neal Kumar On June 2, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its Clean Power Plan, which would impose the...
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