INVENERGY RENEWABLES LLC v. UNITED STATES

Slip Op. 21-155 Court No. 19-00192.

552 F.Supp.3d 1382 (2021)

INVENERGY RENEWABLES LLC, Plaintiff, and Solar Energy Industries Association, Clearway Energy Group LLC, EDF Renewables, Inc. and AES Distributed Energy, Inc., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES of America, Office of the United States Trade Representative, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Troy A. Miller, Defendants.

United States Court of International Trade.

November 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda Shafer Berman and John Brew , Crowell & Moring LLP, of Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y., argued for Plaintiff Invenergy Renewables LLC and Plaintiff-Intervenors Clearway Energy Group LLC and AES Distributed Energy, Inc. With them on the joint briefs were Larry Eisenstat and Frances Hadfield.

Matthew R. Nicely and Daniel M. Witkowski , Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, of Washington, D.C., argued for Plaintiff-Intervenor Solar Energy Industries Association.

Christine M. Streatfeild and Kevin M. O'Brien , Baker & McKenzie LLP, of Washington, D.C., argued for Plaintiff-Intervenor EDF Renewables, Inc.

Stephen C. Tosini , Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, of Washington, D.C., argued for Defendants United States of America, Office of the United States Trade Representative, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Troy A. Miller. With him on the briefs were Bryan M. Boynton , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson , Director, and Tara K. Hogan , Assistant Director.


OPINION

The court returns to a dispute regarding the United States and the Office of the United States Trade Representative's ("USTR") withdrawal of the previously granted exclusion from safeguard duties on imported bifacial solar modules, duties which in 2018 the President imposed by proclamation...

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