It is anticipated that Xcel Energy Inc. will file a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc in Hurricane Katrina-related litigation styled Comer vs. Xcel Energy Inc. et al.
In April 2006, the Company received notice of a purported class action…
PPL Corporation estimates that its share of the capital cost to achieve mercury requirements compliance at its Montana units would be about US$140 million.
Montana has finalized mercury emission rules that require, by 2010, every coal-fired generating plant in that state…
DTE Energy Company says that results of a 2009 engineering study show that the estimated cost to perform embankment repairs at the Monroe Power Plant are US$20 million, which the Company expects to incur over the next five years.
The Company’s…
Xcel Energy Inc. says that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, on Oct. 15, 2009, dismissed on constitutional grounds an environmental lawsuit styled Native Village of Kivalina vs. Xcel Energy Inc. et al.
It is unknown whether…
NiSource Inc.’s subsidiary, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, is in discussions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve a Notice of Violation (NOV) regarding modifications at certain Northern Indiana boiler units.
In late 1999, the EPA initiated a New Source…
Xcel Energy Inc. says that, at Sept. 30, 2009, the liability for the cost of remediating for manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites was estimated to be US$103.1 million, of which US$7.2 million was considered to be a current liability.
The Company…
DTE Energy Company accrued US$10 million for remediation of Detroit Edison Company manufactured gas plant (MGP) sites at Sept. 30, 2009, compared with US$12 million at Dec. 31, 2008.
Detroit Edison conducted remedial investigations at contaminated sites, including three former MGP…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s claim on alleged breaches by PPL Corporation at the Keystone plant is ongoing.
In January 2009, the Company received a notice of violation from the EPA for projects undertaken at the Keystone plant at which the…
Alliant Energy Corporation estimates that the range of remaining costs to be incurred for the investigation, remediation and monitoring of its manufactured gas plant sites is US$21 million to US$43 million.
Of the US$21 million, about US$16 million is for subsidiary…
NiSource Inc.’s subsidiary, Columbia Gas Transmission LLC, continues to conduct characterization and remediation activities at specific sites under a 1995 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Order by Consent (AOC).
The 1995 AOC covered 245 facilities, about 13,000 liquid removal points, about…