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Advisory Bulletins Archive

2007

Supreme Court Limits Reach of Endangered Species Act [June 2007] read bulletin

Energy Policy Update for Gas-Fired Generators [May 2007]

  • To Enhance Market Transparency, FERC Proposes To Collect Gas Pricing Data From End Users
    read bulletin
  • In AES Ocean Express Case, FERC Attempts To Steer Middle Course On Gas Quality and Interchangeability read bulletin

Ninth Circuit Affirms Judge Redden’s Remand of NMFS’s 2004 Biological Opinion for Federal Columbia River Power System [April 2007] read bulletin

Supreme Court Supports EPA Clean Air Act Interpretation Against Duke Energy [April 2007] read bulletin

Supreme Court Rebukes EPA on Climate Change Regulation [April 2007] read bulletin

Global Warming Debate Spawns Aggressive New Push to Protect Endangered Species [Feb. 2007]
read bulletin

DWT Client—Avista—Succeeds Under New Hydroelectric Hearing Process [Jan. 2007] read bulletin

Energy Policy Update for Gas-Fired Generators [Jan. 2007]

  • FERC Seeks Industry Comments on Possible Changes to Capacity Release Rules read bulletin
  • FERC Clarifies Criteria for Granting Market-Based Rates for Gas Storage Facilitiesread bulletin
  • FERC Adopts Revisions to Blanket Certificate Rules Designed to Expedite Gas Project Development
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Ninth Circuit Gives Purchasers Greater Ability To Challenge Wholesale Power Contracts [Jan. 2007]
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2006

Proposed CPUC Decision Establishes Interim Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard
[Dec. 2006] read bulletin

Following Issuance of Policy Statement, FERC Moves Quickly To Resolve Pending Gas Quality and Interchangeability Disputes [Oct. 2006] read bulletin

Ninth Circuit Affirms FERC’s Relicensing of Mid-Snake Hydro Projects [July 2006] read bulletin

Energy Policy Update for Gas-Fired Generators [July 2006]

  • FERC Authorizes Market-Based Rates for New Gas Storage Facilities read bulletin
  • FERC Refuses to Mandate Nationwide Gas Quality and Interchangeability Standards read bulletin
  • To Spur Gas Infrastructure Development, FERC Proposes to Expand Its Blanket Certificate Rules
    read bulletin

Ninth Circuit Affirms FERC's Relicensing of Mid-Snake Hydro Projects [July 2006] read bulletin

DWT Client Idaho Power Company is First to Take Advantage of New Federal Law Providing for Trial-Type Hearings Related to Hydroelectric Licensing Conditions [June 2006] read bulletin

High Court Affirms State Authority Over Hydro Projects [May 2006] read bulletin

Energy Policy Update for Gas-Fired Generators [March 2006]

  • FERC Reverses Negotiated Rate Policy and Again Permits Basis Differential Pricing read bulletin
  • FERC Issues Rules Prohibiting Energy Market Manipulation read bulletin

Energy Policy Update for Gas-Fired Generators [Jan. 2006]

  • New Rules Proposed to Address Growing Generator Demand for Market Area Gas Storage read bulletin
  • Producers/Pipelines Solicit Changes to Energy Infrastructure Project Development Rules
    read bulletin


2005

FERC Conference on Natural Gas Infrastructure Signals Upcoming Changes in Gas Storage Rate Design and a "Go Slow" Approach on Generic Gas Quality Rules [Nov. 2005] read bulletin

FERC Signals More Flexible Policy for Merchant Transmission Lines [Sept. 2005] read bulletin

California Legislature Rejects Schwarzenegger Energy Agency Reorganization Plan [Aug. 2005]
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Energy Policy Act of 2005 Amendments to Section 210 of PURPA [Aug. 2005] read bulletin

California Government Reorganization Commission Rejects Schwarzenegger Energy Agency Reorganization Plan [June 2005] read bulletin

FERC Withdraws Plan to Standardize Creditworthiness Requirements for Pipeline Customers
[June 2005] read bulletin

Oregon Public Utility Commission Rejects Texas Pacific Group's Application to Acquire Portland General Electric Company [March 2005] read bulletin

CPUC Establishes New Resource Procurement Policies for California’s Investor Owned Utilities – PG&E Postpones Long-Term Resource Solicitation [Jan. 2005] read bulletin


2004

CPUC Rejects Proposed ALJ Decision That Southern California Gas Company Gamed the Gas Market and Contributed to California Gas Price Spikes [Dec. 2004] read bulletin

Congress Expands Renewable Production Tax Credit to “Open Loop” Biomass, Geothermal, Municipal Solid Waste, Landfill Gas, Solar and Irrigation Power [Oct. 2004] read bulletin

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Electric Resource Adequacy Bill – Does It Matter? [Sept. 2004] read bulletin

Regulatory Uncertainty Over Energy Procurement Impedes Development and Construction of California Power Plants [May 2004] read bulletin

PG&E Exits Bankruptcy [April 2004] read bulletin

Schwarzenegger Energy Policies: Some Clues and Many Questions [Oct. 2003] read bulletin

California Supreme Court Upholds Settlement Between Southern California Edison Co. and California Public Utilities Commission [Sept. 2003] read bulletin

Settlement Reached On PG&E Bankruptcy Reorganization [June 2003] read bulletin

California Supreme Court Hears Argument On SCE/CPUC Settlement [May 2003] read bulletin

California to Unify Energy Policy and Planning to Ward Off Future Energy Crisis [May 2003] read bulletin


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