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Legal Alert/Article March 8, 2013, previously published on February 27, 2013 On February 26, 2012, the United States Supreme Court found in Marx v. General Revenue Corp. that a district court may award a prevailing defendant its costs incurred in defending against a Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (“FDCPA”) lawsuit without a finding that the plaintiff...
| | FERC Adopts NAESB Demand Response and Energy Efficiency Standards
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 25, 2012 On February 21, 2013, FERC issued a final rule incorporating updated business practice standards of the North American Energy Standards Board (“NAESB”) regarding the measurement and verification of demand response and energy efficiency. The final rule revises FERC’s regulations...
| | D.C. Circuit Allows FERC to Give Capacity Auction Results Mobile-Sierra Protection
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 25, 2012 On February 15, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued an order upholding FERC’s determination that the rates stemming from an ISO New England, Inc. (“ISO-NE”) Forward Capacity Market are not contractual,...
| | FERC Issues First Two Orders on Order No. 1000 Compliance Filings
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Legal Alert/Article March 7, 2013, previously published on February 25, 2012 On February 21, 2013, FERC issued the first two orders concerning Order No. 1000 Compliance Filings. In its first order, FERC rejected compliance filings by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC and Carolina Power and Light Company, d/b/a Progress Energy Carolinas (“Duke-Progress”) and Alcoa Power...
| | Lawsuit Challenging CFPB Expands to Include 11 States
David N. Anthony, Paige S. Fitzgerald, Virginia Bell Flynn, Alan D. Wingfield; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 22, 2013, previously published on February 20, 2013 On February 13, 2013, eight more states joined the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of portions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act as well as the existence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), bringing the total number of states challenging the Act to 11. The suit...
| | President Obama Issues Executive Order Aimed at Improving Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 20, 2013, previously published on February 19, 2013 On February 12, 2013, President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order (“EO”) and an accompanying Presidential Policy Directive, PPD-21 (“PPD”) in an effort to improve cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. Specifically, the EO requires improved cybersecurity...
| | FERC Delays Implementation of EQR e-Tag ID Data Requirement
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 20, 2013, previously published on February 19, 2013 On February 8, 2013, FERC issued an order granting an extension of time for electronic quarterly report (“EQR”) filers to include electronic tag (“e-Tag”) ID data in their EQRs. The Commission delayed the implementation of the e-Tag ID data requirement previously set forth...
| | CAISO and PacifiCorp Contemplate Forming a West-Wide Real-Time Energy Imbalance Market
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 20, 2013, previously published on February 19, 2013 On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (“CAISO”) and PacifiCorp executed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) committing to jointly work toward the creation of a real-time energy imbalance market (“EIM”). The...
| | Washington Supreme Court Holds That Binding Arbitration Clauses in Insurance Contracts Are Unenforceable
Leslie S. Ahari, Brandon D. Almond, Terrence R. McInnis, Pamela L. Signorello; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 15, 2013 In an en banc decision issued on January 17, 2013, the Washington Supreme Court held that binding arbitration clauses in insurance contracts are unenforceable under a state statute, RCW 48.18.200(1)(b). The Court further held that the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1012, shields the...
| | CFPB Announces Plan to Implement New Rules for Mortgage Industry
David M. Gettings, John C. Lynch, Ethan G. Ostroff; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 18, 2013, previously published on February 14, 2013 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced yesterday that it will be taking steps over the course of 2013 to focus on the mortgage industry’s compliance with new consumer protections.
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