The Energy Law

JANUARY 20, 2021

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the climate change lawsuit filed by the City of Baltimore in 2018 against energy companies. This case is one of a number of cases brought by states, cities, and other municipalities against energy companies alleging that the companies contributed to climate change.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 3, 2011

1234, 2011 WL 2517019, 2011 Tex. June 24, 2011), will make it easier for employers to enforce a Texas employee’s post-termination covenant not to compete. 15.50 (Vernon 2011) (“Covenants Not to Compete Act”). Marsh , 2011 WL 2517019, at *9,11-12 & 14, 2011 Tex. Marsh , 2011 WL 2517019, at *16, 2011 Tex.

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The Energy Law

MAY 17, 2019

After years of inconsistent rulings, the Fifth Circuit is poised to address a removal issue with significant ramifications for Louisiana tort cases. In 2011, Congress amended § 1442 to allow removal of a state suit against a federal officer “for or relating to any act under color of such office.” The previous version of 28 U.S.C.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 18, 2011

The case involved land in the Padre Island National Park, created in 1963. by: Megan J. Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest Inc. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Although the recent Haynesville production increases are a positive sign for the Louisiana energy industry, the August 2018 daily production average is still below the previous Haynesville peak production average, which was 7.403 billion cubic feet per day in January 2012. For example, in Alyce Gaines Johnson Special Trust v.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Case: Warren v. 4] This case is the first pronouncement from the Louisiana Supreme Court that punitive damages are available under general maritime law. 471 (2008) limited the ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages in maritime cases at 1:1. Shelter Mutual Ins. 2016-C-1647 (La. 10/18/17), So. Baker , 554 U.S.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Under the final rule, facilities are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011, and the first annual report is due by March 31, 2012. In that case, the emissions from the individual wells would be aggregated and treated as one “facility” for reporting purposes.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Huntington Ingalls, Inc. , [1] a case previously featured on the Blog , overruling “extraordinarily confused” precedent and establishing a new removal test under the Federal Officer Removal Statute, 28 U.S.C. This statute was amended in 2011 to allow removal of cases “for or relating to any act under color of [federal] office.”

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The Energy Law

JUNE 26, 2013

By Bob Holden and Jillian Marullo On April 23, 2013, in a case of first impression, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the EPA’s veto authority under section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C.§ The EPA then initiated its veto process through notice and comment action.

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Scambio Termico

APRIL 14, 2021

A direct heat exchanger will typically pass heated air through a bed of solid media to transfer energy to the solid. However, much of the energy in the air is not transferred to the solid. Instead, it is exhausted out of the equipment as hot waste gas. Indirect heat exchangers are more efficient than their direct counterparts.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

On or after January 1, 2011, such condensable particulate matter shall be accounted for in applicability determinations and in establishing emissions limitations for PM 2.5 Additionally, measurement of condensable PM continues to be required in all cases for emissions of PM 10 and PM 2.5. and PM 10 in PSD permits.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 25, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued a significant opinion in a case in which a takings claim was asserted to redress Hurricane Katrina-related flood damage. After a bench trial in late 2011, the Claims Court held that a temporary taking had occurred.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Under the bill, the GHG permitting process will be exempt from TCEQ’s contested case hearing requirements in an effort to make the process more efficient. Thus, because TCEQ missed the EPA’s 2011 deadline, the EPA imposed a Federal Implementation Plan (“FIP”) under which GHG permits for Texas sources are issued directly by the EPA.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 27, 2020

But in so doing, the court may have announced a new jurisdictional test with significant ramifications for future cases. So, the question on appeal was whether this was the “exceptional case” where personal jurisdiction could also be exercised in another state. 915 (2011). [3] P N K (Lake Charles) L.L.C., Brown , 564 U.S.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2021

The tables turned again at the Texas Supreme Court, which ultimately held that the boundary stipulation was valid and that the defendants conclusively established their ratification defense, but the case is still ongoing. Mr. Ellison died in 2011, and his widow continued to maintain the northwest tract lease.

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The Energy Law

MAY 3, 2021

The tables turned again at the Texas Supreme Court, which ultimately held that the boundary stipulation was valid and that the defendants conclusively established their ratification defense, but the case is still ongoing. Mr. Ellison died in 2011, and his widow continued to maintain the northwest tract lease.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 12, 2017

1] In the case, a landowner sued its mineral lessees for: (1) failure to provide a recordable act evidencing the expiration of a mineral lease under Mineral Code articles 206-209 and (2) failure to pay royalties under Mineral Code articles 137-140. [2] The mineral lessees executed credit agreements with Wells Fargo Energy Capital, Inc.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 20, 2012

See Lesley Foxhall Pietras , Air Permitting: Sixth Circuit Vacates Single Stationary Source Aggregation Determination for E&P Facilities Due to EPA’s Unreasonable Interpretation of Adjacent , The Energy Law Blog, Aug. . § 7412 (n)(4)(A).Section 7412(n)(4) (emphasis added); see also 40 C.F.R. 63.761 (definition of “major source”).

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Oil and Gas Investments

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Source: Zeo Energy Corp Investor Presentation The market got worse every quarter of 2023. Enphase Energy (ENPH NASDAQ) estimated 90% of their installs included batteries in Q2. Rodgers stayed on as Board Chairman until 2011. The new rules (called net electricity metering – NEM 3.0) decimated demand. Bankruptcies ensued.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

The Keystone XL project, first proposed by TC Energy Corporation in 2008, is the fourth phase of the Keystone Pipeline project intended to create a shorter path between terminals in Nebraska and Alberta, Canada. As of 2011, after three years of review, the State Department had not approved TC’s application for a cross-border permit.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2021

The Keystone XL project, first proposed by TC Energy Corporation in 2008, is the fourth phase of the Keystone Pipeline project intended to create a shorter path between terminals in Nebraska and Alberta, Canada. As of 2011, after three years of review, the State Department had not approved TC’s application for a cross-border permit.

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