Mark B. Bierbower

U.S. District Court Delivers Major New Source Review Victory for Electric Utility Industry in U.S., et al. v. DTE Energy Company and Detroit Edison Company (E.D. Mich.)
Mark B. Bierbower,F. William Brownell,Makram Jaber,Harry M. Johnson,Brent A. Rosser,George P. Sibley, December 21, 2011
On August 23, 2011, in U.S., et al. v. DTE Energy Company, et al., C.A. No. 10-13101, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, in an opinion written by Judge Bernard A. Friedman, held that an electric utility did not violate the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) by undertaking...

IRS Declines Appeal of Street Light Issue in PPL Case: Assets Fall into Residual Class for Depreciation Unless Specifically Included in Another Asset Class
Mark B. Bierbower,Timothy L. Jacobs,David S. Lowman,Richard Edward May, July 11, 2011
On July 28, 2010, in PPL Corporation & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 135 T.C. No. 8, the United States Tax Court held that street light assets owned and depreciated by an electric utility do not constitute assets used in the distribution of electricity for sale (20-year...