Time-Of-Use Electricity Pricing Should Be Mandated As A Public Good
Jeffrey M. Jakubiak of Troutman Sanders LLP
A time-of-use (TOU) pricing program - entailing for all retail electricity consumers effective differential pricing for peak and off-peak use and meters capable of recording such use - is a public good. For this reason, government should mandate implementation of TOU pricing programs by requiring participation by all retail consumers.
Mental Stress Related to Myocardial Ischemia
Law Office of Jon L. Gelman
Mental stress during daily life, including reported feelings of tension, frustration, and sadness, can more than do.
Global Trends Favor Increased Use of Leasing Structures in Project Finance Transactions
Dean M. Colucci of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Introduction A number of trends are occurring domestically and internationally in the broad area of project and .
Schwarzenegger Energy Policies: Some Clues and Many Questions
Christopher A. Hilen of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
With the inauguration of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California on November 17, everyone with a stake in California's energy future is looking for clues into the new Governor's policies on electricity and natural gas.
Pennsylvania Power Shutoffs
Michael F. X. Gillin & Associates, P.C.
When a Pennsylvania landlord commenced eviction proceedings against his tenants, they called the local electric com.
The Double Edged Sword of Equating Supply and Demand
Allen W. Williams of Foley & Lardner LLP
After California's recent experience, the many investment opportunities created by the utility industry deregulation are in jeopardy. Electric system reliability is a political necessity. The reverberations from California's rolling black-outs have stalled the trend to generation market deregulation which seemed so inevitable just two years ago. The seismic waves even threaten to cause states which have started their deregulation to reverse that process.
Electronic Waste Responsibilities Loom on the Horizon
John R. Epperson of Farella Braun + Martel LLP
In 2003, consistent with its forward looking policies regarding managing waste, the European Union (EU) issued Directive 2002/96/EC regarding Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The Directive contained a number of far-reaching requirements intended to avoid the environmental impacts of disposal of WEEE as general municipal waste, and identified a number of requirements that EU Member Countries were to implement through promulgation of their own laws or regulations.
The Hazards of Overhead Electrical Catenary Railroad Systems: A Detailed Case Report Of A $8.5 million Recovery
This article discusses the dangers and possible tort liability of overhead electric railway lines.
Enron--Its Promise and Its Legacy
Allen W. Williams of Foley & Lardner LLP
Much of what Enron stood for involves important policy issues and initiatives which should not necessarily be buried with its name. As well, its legacy should be more than a knee jerk cremation. Leadership will be required to avoid having some of the important policy initiatives and novel business approaches for which Enron was carrying water thrown out because of the water boy.
False Start on PUHCA
Cynthia S. Bogorad of Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott may soon seek to move Sen. Alfonse D'Amato's bill to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act in advance of, and unconnected to, comprehensive electric industry restructuring legislation. Holding-company proponents of PUHCA repeal are attempting to cast S. 621 as the long overdue elimination of an outdated securities law whose effect is limited to needlessly burdening the 17 registered multistate utility holding companies.
New Government Report On Possible Links of EMF to Adverse Health Effects May Stir Controversy
William J. Walsh of Pepper Hamilton LLP
This article reviews the ramifications of a NIEHS report evaluating the evidence of a risk of cancer and other human disease from exposure to the electromagnetic fields (EMF) around power lines.
Restructuring Ontario's Electricity Industry: A Legal Cornucopia Awaits
Bill Reno of Lexpert
For the last hundred years or so, it has all been so simple.