TOM LUTEY
A majority of the owners of Colstrip Power Plant sued Tuesday over a new Montana law nullifying portions of the plantâs 40-year-old business contract, calling the law unconstitutional.
Owners Puget Sound Energy, Avista Corp., PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric filed the lawsuit Tuesday morning in U.S. District Court in Billings, suggesting the law violates both the U.S. and state constitutions.
At issue is a new law approved by Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte on Monday. The law forces disputes among the power plantâs six owners be settled through Montana courts, instead of Washington as currently spelled out by the Colstrip Ownership and Operation Agreement. The law invalidates contracts that don t settle disputes through Montana courts.
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Court rules Newport store must comply with governor s executive order
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Lawsuit Is Second Enforcement Action Brought By The AG Since Start of Pandemic
Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General TJ Donovan today filed a civil lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop a Newport business from operating in violation of Governor Scott’s executive order and addenda. The State of Vermont alleges that HNR Desautels LLC, doing business as the UPS Store, and its owner, Andre “Mark” Desautels, are in violation of Governor Scott’s orders by working in the presence of others without wearing required cloth face coverings.
The state alleges that by refusing to follow the mandatory health and safety requirements around employee mask use, the Defendants placed both employees and members of the public at risk due to the spread of COVID-19. In seeking the preliminary injunction, the State is asking the Court to require the Defendants to cease violating the Governor’s COVID-19-related orders. The lawsuit was filed in
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MONTPELIER â Officials from Phil Scottâs administration sought to assure lawmakers Thursday that the governorâs proposed realignment of Act 250 governance would add more professional know-how to the increasingly complex enforcement of the land planning law without compromising local input.
But some legislators from the House and Senate Natural Resources committees, and some witnesses testifying at Thursdayâs hearing, were more skeptical about the proposed change, and the wide-ranging implications it has for land use policy in Vermont.
Another complicating factor arose: Whether the statute that allows Scott to propose the changes by executive order, and the Legislature to decline it with a no vote either the House or Senate, violates the Vermont Constitution.