CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, alongside 16 attorneys general, filed a motion to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final particulate matter (PM) standards rule against legal challenges. Last month, EPA finalized the rule to strengthen National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for fine pa  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, April 16 -- The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission issued the following electric order (No. 26,994) on April 15, 2024, involving Public Service Co. of New Hampshire dba Eversource Energy: * * * 2023 Energy Service Solicitations Order Approving Modifications to Energy Service Procurement This order approves the Public Service Company of New Hampshire d/b/a Eversource Energy (Eversource) proposal, made in response to a Commission directive, for the introduction o  more

ALBANY, New York, April 16 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on April 15, 2024: * * * To: Andrew M. Klein, Klein Law Group PLLC, 1250 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, AKlein@KleinLawpllc.com Re: Case 20-C-0267 - In the Matter of Frontier Communications Corporation, et al. Notice of Filing of Chapter 11 for Financial Restructuring. Dear Mr. Klein: In accordance with the Commission's Order Approving Joint Petition Subject to Condit  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: Four Guatemalan nationals have been charged in federal court in Providence, RI, with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen goods, having allegedly participated, with others, in a large-scale scheme to steal and re-sell high-value products from home improvement stores and other retailers in mu  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following dissent on April 15, 2024, by Commissioner Hester M. Peirce on Wayzata Investment Partners LLC: * * * The Commission instituted and settled an administrative proceeding under the investment adviser pay-to-play rule.[1] The facts here are similar to those of other pay-to-play cases: In April 2022, a covered associate of an investment adviser made a campaign contribution to a candidate for elected office. The off  more