Regulated Resources Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2
Suedeen G. Kelly of Modrall Sperling
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.
FERC Proposals and Orders on Standard Market Design and Regional Transmission Organizations
Suedeen G. Kelly of Modrall Sperling
This article is an attempt to provide an overview of the activities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relating to a standard design for electricity markets and the formation of regional transmission organizations.
Rules Spurring Formation of Regional Transmission Organizations Adopted by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Thelen LLP
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.
Thelen Reid Report No. 393: SEC Recognizes New Standard for Gas Utility "Integration"
Thelen LLP
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.
President Bush Signs Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 Into Law
Charles A. Armgardt of Modrall Sperling
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.
Privatization in Bolivia
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Background Bolivia has been seen for some years as one of the poorest countries in South America. This character.
FERC Issues New Rules Governing the Accounting, Reporting and Rate Filing Requirements for Asset Retirement Obligations
William J. Harmon of Jones Day
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued new regulations that address the accounting, financial reporting, and rate filing requirements applicable to asset retirement obligations imposed on public utilities, hydroelectric licensees, natural gas companies, and oil pipeline companies. The effective date for the new accounting and reporting requirements is January 1, 2003 for a jurisdictional entity whose fiscal year begins on January 1, 2003.
Recent Oil and Gas Regulatory Developments in Alberta
of Thackray Burgess
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.
What's Happening At FERC
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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 1, Issue 1
Suedeen G. Kelly of Modrall Sperling
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.