(United States Second Circuit) - In an action challenging the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's award of two wholesale renewable energy contracts for violating the Federal Power Act, the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's 42 U.
S.
C. sections 1983 and 1988 claims are foreclosed by the Federal Power Act's private good of action; 2) plaintiff failed to exhaust administrative remedies; and 3) plaintiff lacks standing to bring a preemption action.
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