Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
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In this issue:
Outer Continental Shelf Royalty Relief: Market Prices v. Price Thresholds
David T. Deal...1
Final Report of the Department of the Interior’s Subcommittee on Royalty Management
David T. Deal...4
Natural Gas: Today’s Alternative Fuel?
Irma S. Russell and Justin Scroggs...8
Lessons of Prudhoe Bay: An Examination of Low-stress Pipelines Regulations
Hugh M. Robert...10
Public Access to Information Concerning Energy Facilities: Balancing the Public’s Right to Know Against Risks of Terrorist Acts
Mark D. Christiansen...14
In this issue:
Facilitating Renewable Power Development: The Ontario Experience
Richard J. King…1
An Overview of FERC License Conditioning Authorities and Processes under the Federal Power Act and Their Relevance to Indian Tribes
Brian J. Cleary and Ted Wilke…6
Trends in Liability Regulation for Commercial Carbon Storage
Susan M. Marriott, Esq.…10
Vol. 5, No. 1 - September 2007
In this issue:
Climate Change, the Use of Force, and the Nuclear Power Industry
James E. Hickey, Jr.…1
Supreme Court Gets Technical with the ESA
Tamar J. Cerafici…6
Commercial Truck Idling: Federal and State Laws Create Air Emissions and Energy Efficiency Challenges and Opportunities
Michael J. Allen…8
In this issue:
Introduction to Special Issue
Andrew S. Ratzkin…1
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: States Take on the Challenge of Global Warming
Dale Bryk and Luis Martinez…3
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
Robert A. Wyman…6
Trends Toward Federal Climate Change Legislation
Christopher Anderson…10
Message from the Chair of the Gas and Electricity Marketing Committee
Lyle D. Larson…1
Overview of Recent State Electricity Rate Increases and Lawmakers’ Responses
Jeffrey S. Dennis…2
Energy Trading Bankruptcies and Their Lingering Effects
Paul B. Turner and Mark Sherrill…8
Congress Continues to Scrutinize OTC Energy Markets
Harlan Murphy…12
New Master Renewable Energy Certificate Trading Agreement
Jeremy D. Weinstein…14
Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies—A Work in Progress
Robert S. Faron...1
State and Local Policies Affecting the Advancement of Renewable Energy Sources
Erik J.A. Swenson, Whitney Cox, David Currie and Heleina Formoso...6
Carbon Neutrality: A Step in the Right Direction?
Laura H. Kosloff and Dr. Mark C. Trexler…1
Federal Friction: The Collision between Superfund and the Federal Power Act, or, If EPA Gives a Damn Will FERC Give Up a Dam?
D. Randall Benn, David R. Poe and Robert M. Lamkin…4
The Energy Charter Treaty Affords Investor Protections and Right to Arbitration
Edna Sussman…7
Constitutional Barriers Confronting State Renewable Energy Programs
Steven Ferrey…1
Hydro Power Committee News…6
RGGI, First U.S. Mandatory Carbon Cap and Trade System
Edna Sussman and Joseph Siegel…6
The End of Regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and What It Means
Walter M. Beale, Jr…9
Painlessly Funding Alternative Energy
Bradley J. Haight, Michael Hassig, Michael A. Bowman, Lynn Chapman Greene and Joel Leventhal…12
Law Firms Can Contribute to “Renewable Literacy Worldwide—Act Locally and Act Globally…14
Note from the Editor
Joseph Siegel…1
Committee News…1
Carbon Capture and Storage—A Viable Technology for the Abatement of Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Dominick J. Graziano…3
Smart Buildings: Capturing the Opportunities for Energy Savings in Commercial Real Estate
Michael J. Zimmer…5
Wind Energy: At the Confluence of Environmental and Energy Policy
Matthew L. Kuryla and Thomas C. Jackson…8
Commercializing New Energy Technologies to Reduce GHG Emissions in Developing Countries: Some Experience and Lessons Learned
Alan S. Miller…10
Note from the Editor
Joseph Siegel…1
Committee News…2
Innovative Regulatory Models to Address Environmental Compliance Costs in the Utility Industry
Johannes P. Pfeifenberger and Saumel A. Newell…3
LNG Projects: Myths and Realities of Environmental and Safety Risks
Paul Boehm, Harri Kytömaa and Piotr Moncarz…7
Governing Open-Loop Terminals: The Controversy in the Gulf States
Meredith B. Cody and John Y. Pearce…11
The Obligation to Restore Oil and Gas Properties: The View from Louisiana and Other States
Covert Geary, Boyd Bryan and Eric Whitaker…14
Connecting Market Design: From Carbon to Electric Capacity
N. Jonathan Peress, Esq. And Kenneth A. Colburn…17
Welcome Note from the Editor
Richard Roos-Collins…1
Energy Infrastructure: Accomplishments and Challenges
Pat Wood, III…2
Petroleum Provision of Energy Bill
Francis J. Devlin…7
Electricity Transmission Provisions in the Energy Bill
Michael B. Wigmore and Sandra P. Franco…13
Renewable Energy Provisions in the Energy Bill
John J. Fahsbender…21
Note from the Hydro Power Committee Chair
Bill Kinsey…24
Committee News…1
U.S. Department of the Interior's Process for Review and Appeal of its License Conditions for Non-Federal Hydropower Projects
Richard Roos-Collins…3
Current Litigation Affecting Operation of Federal Hydroelectric Projects in the Columbia River Basin to Meet Responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act: Fall 2004 Update
William W. Kinsey…7
Ontario Outlines Legal and Policy Initiatives to Meet Projected Electricity Supply Shortage
Bryson Stokes and Les Wong…12
Welcome from the Energy Committees
Robert M. Fillmore…1
About the Committees…1
Renewable Energy Resources Brown Bag/Teleconferences…4
Current Litigation Affecting Operation of Federal Hydroelectric Projects in the Columbia River Basin to Meet Responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act
William W. Kinsey…5
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Policy Choices and the Impact on the Renewable Energy Sector
Joseph A. Siegel…7
Contract Risk Management and Insurance Issues in Oilfield Contracts
Peter B. Tompkins…11
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