In a dispute concerning damages for defendant's breach of its obligation to accept spent nuclear fuel, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where court properly awarded damages based on plaintiff's exchange model, indirect costs, as well as the discounting of...
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American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut
In a consolidated case where two groups of plaintiffs files suit against the same five major electric power companies, claiming their emission of carbon dioxide gas and other greenhouse gases and their impact on global climate change substantially and unreasonably...
LS Starrett Comp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.
In a petition for review of two orders of the FERC requiring petitioner to seek licensing pursuant to Section 23(b) of the Federal Power Act if it proceeded with certain proposed changes to its hydroelectric generating facility project, 16 U.S.C. section 817(1),...
New Jersey Environmental Federation v. US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
In a petition for review of three decisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) granting a license renewal, the determination of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board affirming grant is uphled where petitioners' challenge, on the grounds that the Board and the...
Elk Hills Power, LLC v. State Bd. Equalization
In an action for refund of property taxes and for declaratory relief pursuant Revenue and Taxation Code section 5148(a), summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where defendant's unitary taxation determinations properly assessed plaintiff's power plant as a...
In the Matter of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.
In a dispute involving the applicable legal standard for recouping from ratepayers environmental remediation costs, judgment of trial court is affirmed because in a review of management decision of a utility, the Department of Public Service bears the initial burden...
State of Oregon v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
In a petition seeking review of conditional authorizations by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) related to the construction and operation of natural gas facilities, the petition is dismissed as moot.
Flint Hills Resources Alaska, LLC v. FERC
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order accepting a proposed adjustment in a method for valuing various types of oil, the petition is granted where, in a proceeding covered by section 4412(b)(2) of the Motor Carrier Safety...
City of Idaho Falls v. FERC
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) rental fee schedule to set annual charges for hydropower projects occupying federal land, the petition is granted where FERC was required to go through notice and comment before it could...
Hoopa Valley Tribe v. FERC
In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's decision declining to impose conditions on a utility's annual licenses so as to preserve the Klamath River's trout fishery, the petition is denied where: 1) the Commission quite plainly articulated...