Energy Central

APRIL 20, 2022

Back in 2011, Nevada passed a RPS standard that called for 25% renewables by. With these dates far in the future it's hard to evaluate whether sufficient progress is being made to meet these goals. One state that has passed a much clearer/easier to follow rule is Nevada.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

By: Lesley Foxhall Pietras On August 8, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching Clean Air Act rule intended to address the interstate transport of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) from upwind to downwind states. See 76 Fed. 48208 (Aug. Tribune, Sept.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

California’s LCFS program was established in 2011, ostensibly to reduce emissions from transportation. Late Friday evening the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved new amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), likely sending gas prices in California, Arizona, and Nevada higher beginning next year.

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Energy Central

MARCH 28, 2024

Over the years we have witnessed many 'market bubbles' - the South Seas bubble (1720), the tulip bubble (1634-1637), the railways bubble (1840’s), the dotcom bubble (1990’s), the US housing bubble (early 2000's) the biofuels bubble, the crypto bubbles (2011, 2014, 2018) and many more litter our economic history.

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

However, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted several unopposed motions to extend this deadline for the Boiler MACT Rule, resulting in an eventual deadline of January 21, 2011. www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/21/21greenwire-with-extension-denied-epa-sends-boiler-rules-t-75622.html 01-1537, 2011 U.S.

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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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Energy Central

AUGUST 31, 2022

That would bring the number of reactors brought back online after the 2011 Fukushima catastrophe to 17 out of. Japan wants to restart seven more nuclear reactors from next summer onward, Japan PM Kishida said at a government meeting on “green transformation.” Read moreRead More

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The Energy Law

APRIL 6, 2017

At the Fourth Annual Liskow & Lewis Energy Law Lecture, Professor Jim Rossi of Vanderbilt Law delivered a presentation entitled “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation.” Natural gas pipelines have historically been governed by federal law since the passing of the Natural Gas Act of 1938.

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The Energy Law

MAY 27, 2011

08-0613, 2011 WL 1820875, at *7 & *10, 2011 Tex. May 13, 2011). Nafta Traders , 2011 WL 1820875, at *10, 2011 Tex. The appeal languished from then until May 13, 2011, when the court issued a decision. Nafta Traders, 2011 WL 1820875, at *2, 2011 Tex. 08-0613, 2011 WL 1820875, 2011 Tex.

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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

MAY 5, 2011

Moreno On May 3, 2011, the U.S. Following a series of EPA regulatory actions, GHG emissions became subject to PSD requirements as a non-NAAQS pollutant beginning on January 2, 2011. The interim final rule was set to expire on April 30, 2011. The DC circuit granted a 30-day stay that was subsequently lifted on January 12, 2011.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 31, 2020

The Texas Supreme Court issued an opinion today in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P This case began in 2011 when ETP and Enterprise explored the possibility of partnering to modify and extend, or construct anew, a pipeline to transport oil southbound from Cushing, Oklahoma. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.,

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The Energy Law

MARCH 13, 2009

Geithner explained, “we don’t believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy that are dramatically going to add to our climate change. energy policy will focus on promoting renewable energy sources and rely less on traditional fossil fuels. billion from 2011 to 2019.

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Energy Transfer

DECEMBER 10, 2024

have fallen 44 percent since 2011. As a result of the increased use of natural gas to generate electricity, the air we breathe is cleaner today than it has been since the 1990s , and energy costs for the average U.S. The post How the Oil & Gas Industry is Helping Reduce Emissions appeared first on Energy Transfer Facts.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Moreno: On August 23, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that significantly expands the applicable air emissions standards for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. The public comments period for the proposal ends on October 24, 2011. By Carlos J. See 76 Fed. 52738 (Aug.

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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

MAY 17, 2019

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.” But rather than acknowledge the effect of the 2011 amendment, the Bartel court continued to apply pre-amendment jurisprudence. In Zeringue v. Huntington Ingalls, Inc. , In Legendre v.

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AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

The importance of water efficiency: Water is a vital resource that underpins virtually every aspect of modern society, from energy production and agriculture to manufacturing and domestic use. million gallons per well in 2011 to about 11 million gallons per well in 2016.

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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. The rule requires facilities emitting 25,000 metric tons or more of CO2 equivalents per year to report GHG emissions to EPA annually.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 18, 2011

by: Megan J. Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest Inc. Nat’l Park Serv. , 09-40187 (5th Cir. The case involved land in the Padre Island National Park, created in 1963. The conflict arose between the National Park Service (“Service”), owner of surface estates, and Plaintiffs who were owners of mineral estates.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 27, 2011

08-0497, 2011 WL 836827 (Tex. 11, 2011), the Supreme Court of Texas reversed the Austin Court of Appeal’s finding that the Railroad Commission (the “Commission”) has to consider broad public safety concerns in the permitting of proposed oil and gas waste injection wells. By: Carlos J. Moreno In Railroad Commission of Texas v.

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The Energy Law

JULY 3, 2019

Last week the Texas Supreme Court granted review in Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Energy Transfer Partners has garnered significant amicus support on both sides of the “v.” and has been closely followed by the energy industry. Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. , a case concerning Texas partnership law.

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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

MAY 17, 2011

By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 27, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. 24479, 24479 (May 2, 2011). Public comment on the proposed guidance must be received on or before July 1, 2011. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) (SWANCC) and Rapanos v.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 31, 2010

Under the proposed rules, the newly covered sources are required to begin collecting emissions data on January 1, 2011 and are required to submit the first annual reports to EPA on March 31, 2012. The public comment period on the proposed rules will extend for 60 days after EPA’s publication of the proposed rules in the Federal Register.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

BSEE collected civil penalties in 22 cases in 2009, 26 cases in 2010, 30 cases in 2011, 31 cases in 2012, 42 cases in 2013, 53 cases in 2014, and 42 cases in 2015. The number of civil penalty cases has risen gradually since 2009, with a sharp increase over 2013-2015. The civil penalty dollar amount has also grown significantly.

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The Energy Law

AUGUST 24, 2012

EPA issued CSAPR in August 2011 pursuant to Sec. Wiegand On August 21, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).

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The Energy Law

JUNE 26, 2013

In 2011, four years after the permit was issued, the EPA officially invoked 404(c) to veto the specification of two of the three streams as disposal sites in the Mingo permit, amounting to a nearly 88 percent reduction in the total authorized discharge area. The EPA then initiated its veto process through notice and comment action.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 15, 2017

The record in Abbott included a 2011 report by the Department of the Interior which concluded, following a Congressionally-mandated investigation, that “Mr. United States ex rel. Escobar , 136 S.Ct. 1989 (2016). Abbott’s allegations about false submissions by BP to [DOI] are unfounded.”

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

This statute was amended in 2011 to allow removal of cases “for or relating to any act under color of [federal] office.” The lawsuit asserted negligence claims for failure to warn of asbestos hazards and failure to provide adequate safety equipment. There were no strict liability claims.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

Specifically, EPA promised to: Develop a strategy for improving oil and gas sector emissions data, emissions factors, and measurement techniques by the first quarter of 2014, and begin implementing that strategy by the third quarter of 2014; Finalize revised emissions factors development procedures for data collected from traditional test methods by (..)

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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 The revised definition of “regulated NSR pollutant” states: PM 2.5 and PM 10 in PSD permits. Compliance with emissions limitations for PM 2.5

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

In 2011, 3.5 The wastewater produced in fracking operations is considered unusable because it contains chemicals, salt, leached minerals and other oil and gas wastes. Thus, instead of being reused in a subsequent frack job, it is most commonly disposed of deep underground by injection into disposal wells.

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The Energy Law

MARCH 17, 2020

Following the reorganization of MMS into BSEE, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”), and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue in 2011, the use of OCS sediment resources is now implemented and managed through BOEM’s Marine Minerals Program (“MMP”). Through MMP, and pursuant to the authority granted by 43 U.S.C.

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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. 16, 2012.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

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. Instead, TCEQ is only authorized to regulate those pollutants specifically identified by the Texas legislature.

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