Category — Operations

Assateague Coastkeeper et als. v. Alan and Kristen Hudson Farm and Perdue Farms Incorporated, Civil Action WMN-10-cv-0487, D.Md. (slip op. dated July 20, 2010).

Defendant Perdue Farms Incorporated (“Perdue”) unsuccessfully sought dismissal of this Clean Water Act citizen’s suit, even though it did not own or directly operate the Hudsons’ chicken growing operation. This case thus extends citizen’s suit liability to parties, like Perdue, who are not directly responsible for water pollution but have sufficient control over the water-polluting activities of their contractors. [Read more →]

On April 5, 2010, the New York Independent System Operator (“NYISO”) released its annual New York State energy report, Power Trends 2010: New York’s Emerging Energy Crossroads (the “Report”).  The Report identified the key energy issues for New York along with several NYISO initiatives in place to address topics like energy efficiency, smart grid technology, renewable resource development, and transmission congestion.  More generally, the Report also touched upon the effects of the recent economic downturn and how it will be a key driver of all issues discussed in the Report. [Read more →]

In July 2009, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman, (D-NM), introduced a bill, the “American Clean Energy Leadership Act,” which would allocate costs for new transmission and bar FERC from assigning the cost of a transmission project to a region or “sub-region” unless FERC can prove the costs are “reasonably proportionate to measureable economic and reliability benefits.” [Read more →]

ATLANTA – March 18, 2010 – Troutman Sanders announced today it will open an office in Portland, Ore., with the addition of three new partners there.
 
Troutman Sanders, an international law firm with 680 attorneys, plans to open the office in April in downtown Portland. The office will be the firm’s 16th and marks the latest in a string of strategic expansions by Troutman Sanders. [Read more →]

On March 4, 2010, FERC approved a transfer of title for the 53-mile, 400 MW high voltage, direct-current transmission line and its associated facilities from Trans Bay Cable LLC (“Trans Bay”) to Pittsburg Power Company (“Pittsburg Power”).  [Read more →]