State Dept. reversal of eligibility was “unreasonable,” said federal watchdog Government Accountability Office in sustaining counterprotest by parent of bidding firms.
Oil and gas giant and Kosmos Energy seek “maximum recoverable damages” in binding arbitration related to subsea pipe installation for project off Africa, with speculation of a contract payment dispute.
Project would replace coal-fired facility that spilled millions of gallons of coal ash waste in a river and surrounding area after a 2008 impoundment collapse.
U.S. Supreme Court majority appeared to support Ohio, Indiana and Virginia, as well as industry interests that want cuts in state ozone emissions not to take effect until all their current
legal challenges are resolved.
Quanta Services' 550-mile transmission line under construction in Arizona faces pushback from tribes, others over claimed threats to historic and cultural sites in San Pedro River Valley.
U.S. sets record in hydroelectric system investment, with new tidal energy and scaled up enhancd geothrmal pilot projects also gaining millions and grid expansion efforts getting a $1.2B infusion.
A top DOE official defends the halt as needed to determine if more capacity will affect environmental impacts and global gas prices—but a House-passed bill that removes agency approval authority now is up for Senate consideration.