Mealey's ( May 21, 2026, 1:33 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on May 20 denied the Kingdom of Spain’s motion to dismiss a petition to confirm an arbitral award worth more than 22 million euros issued against it for breaching the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) by rescinding government incentives for wind energy investors, finding that District of Columbia Circuit precedent forecloses Spain’s arguments that European Union law prohibiting intra-EU arbitration deprives the court of jurisdiction over the case....