Joe Fagan was quoted in an article, "NY Nuke Plant Subsidies Will Likely Face Legal Battle," in Law360. The article is about the challenges that nuclear plant subsidies offered by New York state in its newly announced clean energy standard will likely face due to a U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision. The ruling found that plant subsidies offered by Maryland usurped federal authority over wholesale electricity markets. The standard calls for the state to have half its electricity come from renewable sources by 2030, and also requires all six New York investor-owned utilities and other electricity suppliers to buy zero-emission credits starting in April 2017 that will be used to prop up two nuclear plants in central New York. Fagan notes that opponents of the New York initiative will likely argue that the state’s subsidies infringe upon FERC's wholesale authority, and in so doing, can expand the scope of the Hughes decision beyond the narrow parameters set by the Supreme Court. "If you were to take the views of the opponents to their logical extreme, you could argue that any subsidy for nuclear generation is, by definition, preempted by the [Constitution's] supremacy clause and violates the Federal Power Act," he said.
Day Pitney Partners Sebastian M. Lombardi and Evan C. Reese, III, have been named to the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers list.
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The arrival of new Energy Partner Valerie Green was featured in the Law360 article, "Day Pitney Brings on Energy Atty with Regulatory Focus."
The news of Valerie Green joining Day Pitney as a partner in the firm's Energy practice was featured in Bloomberg Law article, "Day Pitney Brings On Green as Energy Partner in Washington, DC."
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Day Pitney Energy Partner Sebastian M. Lombardi was elected President of the Northeast Chapter of the Energy Bar Association (EBA).
Day Pitney is sponsoring the upcoming New England Energy Conference and Exposition (NEECE), which is being held in Providence on June 7-8.
Day Pitney Energy and Utilities Partners Sebastian M. Lombardi (Hartford) and Evan C. Reese III (Washington, DC) have been named to the inaugural 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading US Energy Lawyers list. For more information on the methodology, click here.
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