California Wilderness Coalition v. U.S. Department of Energy
ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20078 No(s). s. 08-71074 et al (9th Cir. Feb 1, 2011)
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded DOE's energy transmission congestion study and national interest electric transmission (NIET) corridor designations prepared under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). The EPAct added §216 to the Federal Power Act, requiring DOE to prepare the conges...