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Article: DC Circuit Court of Appeals holds District Court has Initial Jurisdiction over PURPA Dispute.(District of Columbia )(Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act )
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- May 24, 2005
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On May 17, 2005, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders stating that renewable energy credits, or RECs, are not inherently conveyed to utilities purchasing power from qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). The Court held it had no jurisdiction over the dispute over entitlement to RECs under contracts entered into pursuant to PURPA, and that it must first be brought as an enforcement action in Federal District Court.
PURPA requires FERC to promulgate rules requiring electric utilities to purchase power from certain ...