Renewables and Litigation: Past, Present and Future

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

National Program:

Moderators:
Edna Sussman, Hoguet Newman & Regal LLP (live in NYC)

Speakers:
Joel Mullin, Stoel Rives LLP (live in Portland OR)
Steve Susman, Susman Godfrey LLP (live in Houston)
Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates (live in Portland ME)
Richard Miles, Director, Dispute Resolution Service, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (live in New York City)

Table of Contents and Agenda:

Q & A: Please e-mail questions to kelli_cooney@aporter.com Please start sending in questions in advance of the program.

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1. Speaker Biographies

2. Edna Sussman, Hoguet Newman & Regal LLP, Moderator

3. Joel Mullin, Stoel Rives LLP
“WIND POWER LITIGATION (Lots of Wind, Little Success)”

4. Edna Sussman
“Climate Change Litigation: Past, Present and Future”

5. Steve Susman, Susman Godfrey LLP
Private Climate Change Litigation: What is coming (no file available)

6. Ed Holt, Ed Holt & Associates
“Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates: An Exploration of Policy Options and Practice”

7. Richard Miles, Director, Dispute Resolution Service, Federal Energy Regulatory
“APPLICATION OF ADR TO ENERGY RESOURCE DISPUTES”

8. Edna Sussman
“Arbitrating Renewable Energy Disputes: The Way To Go If Other ADR Fails”

Additional Suggested Reading:

1. Renewable Energy Credits:

Edward A. Holt. “Who Owns Renewable Energy. Certificates? An Exploration of. Policy Options and Practice” Ed Holt & Associates, Inc. 2006; Posted on line at: eetd.lbl.gov/ea/ems/reports/59965.pdf and at http://www.cleanenergystates.org/

FERC Declaratory Judgment on ownership of RECs

FERC Denial of Rehearing

Connecticut REC decision

Idaho REC decision

Minnesota Methane, LLC v. Connecticut Dept. of Public Utility Control,
2006 WL 894888 ( Conn. Super., Mar 20, 2006)

Wheelabrator Lisbon, Inc. v. Connecticut Dept. of Public Utility Control,
2006 WL 894895 ( Conn. Super., Mar 20, 2006)

Xcel Energy Services Inc. v. F.E.R.C., 407 F.3d 1242, (D.C. Cir. 2005)

2. ADR:

Look for upcoming publication of the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets Report “Using ADR to Resolve Energy Industry Disputes: The Better Way” www.caem.org

Official web site of the Energy Charter Secretariat http://www.encharter.org/index.jsp

The Reader’s Guide to the Energy Charter Treaty http://www.encharter.org//index.jsp?psk=13&ptp=tDetail.jsp&pci=239&pti=9

For more information on the Energy Charter Treaty and other international energy dispute issues see http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/
http://www.gasandoil.com/ogel/specialfeatures/content.htm#anchor10

Matteo Winkler, Arbitration without Privity and Russian Oil: the Yukos Case before the Houston Court, 27 U. Pa. J. Int’l Econ. L. 115, Spring 2006

3. Climate change

See also cases and articles cited in the Power Point on Climate Change Litigation

“The Courthouse Effect” ODE magazine http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4311

Kevin Healy and Jeffrey Tapick, “Climate Change: It’s Not just a Policy Issue for Corporate Counsel—It’s a Legal Problem”, 29 Colum J. Envtl. L. 89, 2004

Eduardo Penalver, “Acts of God or Toxic Torts? Applying Tort Principles to the Problem of Climate Change” 38 Nat. Resources J. 563, 1998

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