PUCO anticipates savings with passage of utility securitization bill.

The new law replaces high-interest short-term debt with low-interest long-term bonds, which PUCO believes will save utility customers money on their electric bills. For more information, click here.

US EPA issues first national standards for mercury pollution from power plants.

The standards are accompanied by a Presidential Memorandum that directs EPA to use tools provided in the Clean Air Act to implement the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards in a cost-effective manner that ensures electric reliability. For more information, click here.

Bergmann v. Michigan State Transportation Commission, No. 10-17091770 (6th Cir. Dec. 15, 2011).

A motion to enforce a CERLCA consent decree is governed by the equitable doctrine of laches rather than the state statute of limitations.

State ex rel. Doner v. Zody, Slip Opinion No. 2011-Ohio-6117 (Ohio December 1, 2011).

Where a physical or regulatory taking results in continuing damage to another’s property, the statute of limitations is tolled. 

Ohio EPA starts the New Year with several hearings on rule modifications.

The modifications would affect the hazardous waste rules, asbestos rules, composting rules, drinking and ground water operator certification rules, and surface water permit to install design flow and waste strength rules. To learn more about the hearings, click here.