all - Opinion Summaries

Pac. Northwest Generating Coop. v. Dep't of Energy

Administrative Law, Contracts, Public Utilities
The Northwest Power Act, 16 U.S.C. section 839c(d), authorizes (without obligating) the Bonneville Power Administration to sell non-surplus power to...

Braintree Elec. Light Dep't v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of rates charged by a Regional Transmission Organization that covered the cost of certain activities...

Transwestern Pipeline Co., LLC v. 17.19 Acres of Property Located in Maricopa County

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action brought by an owner and operator of natural gas pipelines seeking to go forward with a planned natural gas pipeline serving Phoenix,...

Avista Corp., Inc. v. Wolfe

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Transportation
A court may not retroactively declare a railroad right of way abandoned under the Abandoned Railway Right of Way Act.

People ex rel. Madigan v. Illinois Commerce Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In proceedings arising after plaintiff-Attorney General electronically transmitted an application for rehearing with the Illinois Commerce Commission...

Albany Eng'g Corp. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a case involving the reimbursement by downstream licensees of upstream dam operators for "headwater benefits" conferred by those dams, petition for...

O.W.L. Found. v. City of Rohnert Park

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
Grant of writ of mandate requiring defendant city to set aside its resolution adopting a water supply assessment (WSA) is reversed where: 1) a WSA...

Romoland Sch. Dist. v. Inland Empire Energy Ctr., LLC

Administrative Law, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a suit against an electric utility and an air-quality-management district under the Clean Air Act, seeking to halt the construction of a power...

In Re Transcon. Realty Invsestors, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a suit to condemn an easement for a water pipeline, defendant's petition for mandamus relief to transfer venue is granted where an amendment to the...

Aquila, Inc. v. C.W. Mining

Commercial Law, Contracts, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a contract action involving a contract between the parties wherein defendant supplied plaintiff-public utility periodic shipments of coal from...