Conversation with the Commissioner: FERC’s Perspectives on Distributed and Renewable Energy in the Post-Energy Policy Act of 2005 Environment

Thursday March 9, 2006

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Speaker Biographies

Speaker:
Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, Federal Regulatory Energy Commission
(live in DC)

Moderators:
Roger Feldman, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Frederick Fucci, Partner, Thelen, Reid & Priest LLP (also NYC Speaker)

Panel:
John W. Jimison, Executive director and general counsel, U.S. Combined Heat & Power
Association / Small Generator Coalition
Randy Davis, Partner, Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, counsel to Edison Electric
Institute
Grace Soderberg, Assistant General Counsel, National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners

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

Table of Contents and Agenda:

1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission page for keeping track of activities related to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, obtaining copies of rules, seeing comments sent to FERC and participating in the activities surrounding FERC’s implementation of some of EPAct’s requirements, go to http://www.ferc.gov/legal/maj-ord-reg/fed-sta/ene-pol-act.asp
2. FERC EPAct Implementation Overview-September 2005
3. Status of EPAct Activities by FERC as of February 7, 2006
4. FERC Chairman Kelliher’s press release on the issuance of final rule to implement FERC’s reliability role under EPAct, February 2, 2006
5. FERC Chairman Kelliher’s remarks on the establishment of enforceable reliability standards, November 1, 2006
6. FERC Chairman Kelliher’s press release on FERC’s issuance of final rules to implement the qualifying facility thermal efficiency and ownership provisions of PURPA, February 2, 2006
7. FERC Chairman Kelliher’s press release on FERC’s issuance of proposed rules to require transmission organizations to make available long term firm transmission rights, February 2, 2006

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