· 9/24/2002
Alabama Power Co. v. United States Department of Energy
Citations
- 307 F.3d 1300
- 33 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20055
- 55 ERC (BNA) 1001
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 20199
How courts have described this case
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- finding that the utility companies need not “await a final decision by the Department”
- finding that the utility companies need not \await a final decision by the Department\
- deciding utilities’ claim that a reduction of Exelon Generation Company’s disposal fees pursuant Article IX(B) of the Standard Contract was tantamount to an improper expenditure from the Fund under Section 302(d)
- explaining that utility companies seeking to establish standing should not have to wait to challenge a final decision of the Department of Energy where the companies would \[i]n either circumstance ... be forced to pay for the damages ...\
- explaining that utility companies seeking to establish standing should not have to wait to challenge a final decision of the Department of Energy where the companies would “[i]n either circumstance ... be forced to pay for the damages ... ”
- severing a dependent clause containing a legislative veto from a statutory subsection because that clause was an unconstitutional “provision”
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Judges: Tjoflat, Birch, Goldberg
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