Citing EPA, Maryland Urges High Court Defense of Clean Power Contracts

Maryland officials and a power developer have followed through with plans to petition the Supreme Court for review of one or more appellate rulings blocking state strategies for procuring new clean power capacity, arguing that the rulings thwart an important strategy for complying with EPA's proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) rule for existing power plants. The move sets up a potential landmark legal clash over PPL Energy Plus, LLC et al. v. Douglas R.M. Nazarian et al . and...