Gershwin A. Drain

Rule Changes

Issued ruling; presiding over compliance phase

A federal judge ordered DTE Energy and three subsidiaries to pay $100 million for sulfur dioxide pollution from the Zug Island coke plant, finding the parent companies liable as operators even though EES Coke Battery has no employees of its own. DTE appealed, and in July Judge Gershwin Drain refused to pause compliance while that appeal runs.

Updated Oct 28