Last week, a federal district judge ruled for the first time that the “review de novo” promised by section 31(d) of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), 16 U.S.C. § 823b(d), will be “treated as an ordinary civil action requiring a...more
For the past several years, FERC has been investigating several energy industry participants under several theories of market manipulation. Gradually, these cases have moved from administrative proceedings to U.S. district...more