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  • Recent Oil and Gas Regulatory Developments in Alberta ( November 2005 )

    What follows is a brief overview of significant oil and gas regulatory developments occurring between April and November, 2005. The scope is limited to consideration of Alberta Energy and Utilities Board ("EUB") decisions and policy changes, and judicial appeals of EUB and other regulatory decisions.
  • President Bush Signs Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 Into Law ( January 2003 )

    The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 was signed into law by President Bush on December 17, 2002. Congress had crafted the legislation as an amendment to the 1994 Pipeline Safety Law, largely in response to pipeline ruptures in Carlsbad, New Mexico and Bellingham, Washington.
  • Regulated Resources Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 ( November 2001 )

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently ordered refunds for all June and July, 2001, California and WSCC wholesale sales above the mitigated price. The two orders reject the submitted cost justifications for a variety of reasons. On June 19, 2001 FERC set out the justification criteria, disallowing credit-risk premiums and emissions costs.
  • What's Happening At FERC ( May 2003 )

    In a ruling that could ignite a jurisdictional showdown between Virginia and federal regulators, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 1, 2003, conditionally approved a request by American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) and Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) to transfer control of their respective FERC-jurisdictional transmission facilities to PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM).
  • Regulated Resources Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2 ( December 2002 )

    The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC or Commission) has continued to consider the establishment of an RPS in the state. After holding a hearing and a workshop to consider the issues surrounding the standard in recent months, the Commission issued a new proposal on October 1, 2002. This new proposal replaces the one issued in March 2002.
  • Rules Spurring Formation of Regional Transmission Organizations Adopted by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( December 1999 )

    This article summarizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's rules that are designed to expedite the disaggregation of transmission facilities from vertically-integrated electric utilities.
  • Privatization in Bolivia ( July 1999 )

    Background Bolivia has been seen for some years as one of the poorest countries in South America. This character.
  • Thelen Reid Report No. 393: SEC Recognizes New Standard for Gas Utility "Integration" ( March 1999 )

    This report concerns the Securities and Exchange Commission's recently issued orders under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 which reinterpreted the "integration" standards under PUHCA.

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