Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: First Regulatory U.S. CO2 Cap and Trade Program

January 26, 2006

Program Information
Contact Deirdre Murphy at deirdre@ceepinc.org or (518) 432-6400 ext. 225 or Robyn Stewart at (518) 432-6400 ext. 221.

You may start sending in questions in advance to Joe Siegel at siegel.joseph@epa.gov. Please start sending in questions before the program. The earlier we get the questions the more likely we are to be able to respond.

Program Materials

1. Speaker Biographies

2. Edna Sussman, Hoguet Newman & Regal LLP
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: The International and National Backdrop

3. Joseph A. Siegel, Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2

4. Franz Litz, Climate Change Policy Coordinator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Carbon Market for the Northeast

5. David Manning,Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Environmental Officer, Keyspan Corporation

6. Peter Glaser, Troutman Sanders, LLP
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Contrarian Perspective

7. Dale Bryk, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

8. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; the Memorandum of Understanding

9. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Frequently Asked Questions

10. The Official RGGI web site contains a wealth of information

11. Joseph A. Siegel, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Policy Choices and the Impact on the Renewable Energy Sector, ABA Energy Committees Newsletter, August 2004
http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/energy/newsletter/aug04/energy0804.pdf

Reference Materials; also found at http://www.abanet.org/environ/committees/renewableenergy/home.html

We invite you to join the committee; we welcome non-lawyers. E-mail bhaight@mfgll.com

We invite you to join in the Committee’s work on molding individual State RPS programs into an effective national driver for renewables development with a focus on finance, technology and the environment. For more information or to work on this, contact the Committee Chair, Roger Feldman at rogerfeldman@andrewskurth.com

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