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Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future Issues Final Recommendations to Secretary of Energy
January 30, 2012Federal District Court Rejects U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Imposition of Criminal Penalties Under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
January 26, 2012National Ocean Council Releases Draft Implementation Plan to Address Challenges Facing Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes
January 23, 2012Federal District Court Halts California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
January 5, 2012D.C. Circuit Stays EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
January 3, 2012At the Urging of Wind Generators, FERC Requires BPA to File a Non-Discriminatory OATT
December 9, 2011EPA Issues Proposed Reconsideration of Boiler MACT
December 8, 2011FERC Issues Proposed Rule on Annual Charges for Use of Government Lands by Hydropower Licensees
November 22, 2011Fifth Circuit Vacates FERC Order Requiring Information Posting by Intrastate Pipelines
October 25, 2011Climate, Energy, & Air Weekly Update - October 17-21, 2011
October 24, 2011FERC Affirms MISO and SPP Approaches to Transmission Cost Allocation
October 24, 2011Van Ness Feldman's Kyle Danish Quoted in Argus Air Daily
October 19, 2011Ninth Circuit Holds FERC’s Market-Based Rate Program Valid Under the Federal Power Act
October 17, 2011Joint Select Committee Members Named
August 11, 2011Ninth Circuit Affirms FERC Policy Against Hydroelectric Licensee Reimbursement for Government Services
August 3, 2011The Debt Ceiling Legislation: Preparing for Federal Program Cuts and Possible Tax Reform Now
August 2, 2011EPA Finalizes Air Pollution Transport Rule
July 11, 2011FERC Seeks Comments on Third-Party Sales of Ancillary Services and Accounting Requirements for New Energy Storage Technologies
June 20, 2011Two Wind Generators Required to Comply with Certain Transmission Owner/Operator Reliability Standards
June 17, 2011Departments of the Interior and Commerce Sign MOU to Improve Coordination on Offshore Energy Development
May 26, 2011FERC Proposes to Require NERC to Make E-Tag Data Available
April 25, 2011FERC Proposes to Require EQR Reporting by Public Power Utilities and Expand EQR Data Collected by All Filers
April 22, 2011FERC Drops Market Manipulation Charges Against National Fuel Marketing, Proposes New Rules on Affiliate Bidding
April 8, 2011EPA Proposes Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Power Plants and Other Facilities
April 4, 2011Senators Request Comments on Clean Energy Standard
March 22, 2011FERC Issues Final Rule on Demand Response Compensation
March 17, 2011FERC Issues a Notice of Inquiry on Locational Exchange Transactions
February 18, 2011Ninth Circuit Vacates DOE Congestion Study and Designation of National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors
February 8, 2011White House Voices Support for Clean Energy Standard
January 31, 2011CEQ Issues Final Guidance on NEPA Mitigation
January 28, 2011FERC Enforcement Investigates Reliability Compliance
January 28, 2011FERC Hardens Stance on Overdue Hydro Progress Reports
January 24, 2011EPA Reverses Army Corps Section 404 Permit
First Post-Issuance “Veto” Halts Mining Waste Disposal in West VirginiaJanuary 20, 2011