Litigation Support

Various experts at Hill & Associates have undertaken litigation support projects including being expert witnesses at dispute trials; arbitrators in coal price, quality, or volume disputes; and as supporting experts in utility rate cases. Some specific examples include the following:

  • Nova Scotia Power rate case hearings. 2004 and 2005
  • Rapoca Energy vs AMCI, Inc. Breach of contract suit in federal court. 2002
  • State of Utah - Testimony on fuel and transportation charges for PacifiCorp. 2000 and 2001
  • State of Oregon - Testimony on fuel and transportation charges for PacifiCorp. 2000 and 2001
  • State of Ohio - Testimony on fuel and transportation charges for Ohio Power. 2000
  • Ohio Industrial Energy Consumers - Testimony on fuel and transportation costs. 1994
  • Newmont Gold - Testimony in arbitration on value of coal property in southwest U.S. 2000
  • A group of Rural Electric Cooperatives in Louisiana - Testimony on the future cost of coal delivered under a long-term contract with a western U.S. producer. 1996
  • City of Chicago - Testimony on Commonwealth Edison buyout options for above-market contract. 1991
  • Florida Public Service Commission - Testimony on market prices and costs of mine closure at the Maxine Mine in Alabama. 1982
  • Duquesne Light - Preparation of a proposal to the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission for fuel cost cap calculations. 1988
  • A group of industrial energy users in the Ohio River Valley - Testimony on the market price of coal and the options open to Big Rivers Electric when it entered a coal contract far above the market, without bidding. 1988