Landmark

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced the settlement of their landmark Clean Air Act case alleging that Ohio Edison Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., violated the New Source Review (NSR) provisions of the Clean Air Act at the W.H. Sammis Station, a coal-fired power plant in Stratton, OH. The pollution controls and other measures required by the consent decree are expected to cost approximately $1.1 billion.

Industry emerged as a winner from two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada on a legal gray area, aboriginal relations, which has clouded the future of the Mackenzie Gas Project.

Industry emerged as a winner from two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada on a legal gray area, aboriginal relations, which has clouded the future of the Mackenzie Gas Project.

Industry emerged as a winner from two landmark decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada on a legal gray area, aboriginal relations, which has clouded the future of the Mackenzie Gas Project.

Richmond, VA-based Dominion Exploration & Production Inc. reported that it has entered into a landmark agreement with Northern Ute Partners LLC to jointly explore for and develop oil and natural gas on 83,000 acres of previously restricted lands within the boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah.

Richmond, VA-based Dominion Exploration & Production Inc. reported that it has entered into a landmark agreement with Northern Ute Partners LLC to jointly explore for and develop oil and natural gas on 83,000 acres of previously restricted lands within the boundaries of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe in Utah.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week said it will hear twochallenges to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s landmarkOrder 888 that kicked off competition in the electric market bydirecting utilities to open up their interstate transmissionfacilities.

A principle that was the cornerstone of FERC’s landmark gasrestructuring rule, Order 636, is absent from Order 888 and is atthe root of many of the reliability problems in the bulk powermarket, say industrial power customers and a utility/marketer.

FERC needs to dust off and review its landmark gas restructuringrule, Order 636, to get to the root of many of the reliabilityproblems in the bulk power market, say industrial power customersand a utility/marketer.