A settlement agreement in the ongoing regional standards lawsuit has not yet been filed, and parties in the case have asked for additional time to work on the settlement.
An abeyance motion, filed Feb. 18 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) — with the consent of all parties and intervenors involved in the case — had suspended all court proceedings until March 3 to accommodate pending mediation. Parties in the lawsuit filed a motion to continue to suspend court proceedings while mediation is ongoing.