Duke Energy Wins Verdict Reversal in Clean-Air Case
This article is for subscribers only.
Duke Energy Corp., owner of utilities in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast, won reversal of a jury verdict finding that three of its coal-fired power generators in Indiana violated the federal Clean Air Act.
A federal-court jury in Indianapolis decided in 2008 that renovations at the plant operated by Duke’s Cinergy unit near the Wabash River were so extensive as to fall under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Review regulations, requiring installation of the best available technology for controlling pollutants that cause smog and acid rain.