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• National and International Project Development and Financing, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
• Development of Alternative and Renewable Energy Facilities
• Regulatory Advocacy
• Energy Marketing and Transmission Services
• Natural Gas Supply, Transportation, Storage and Pipeline Regulation
• Hydroelectric Facility Licensing
• Legislative Counseling
• Complex Litigation
• Environmental Regulation
• Energy Transactions
• Counseling of Large Gas and Electric End-Users
• Representation of Governmental and Tax-Exempt Entities

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• Issues Affecting California Health Care Facilities
• Alternative Energy Projects and Experience
• Hydroelectic Licensing
• LNG Project Development

Related Practice Areas:

• Antitrust
• Bankruptcy
• Climate Change
• Media
• Employer Services
• Environmental
• Governmental Relations
• Life Sciences
• Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions

Presentations:

• Mandatory Conditions, Alternative Conditions and Trial-type Hearings
• Federal, State and Tribal Issues in Relicensing and Water Management: Industry Perspective
• A First Trip Through EPAct 2005’s Section 241 Process:  Tales From the Trenches
• Opportunities for Public Agencies to Increase Value to Customers by Providing New Services
• Reducing Power Purchase Costs by Enabling Suppliers to Reduce Costs
• Power Generation Project Development
  International Energy Law, Contracts and Negotiations
• State Certification Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
• FERC Hydro Licensing Update
• Hydroelectric Relicensing and the Clean Water Act
• Hydroelectric Relicensing—Legal Strategies for Success
• Implementation of the Hydroelectric Licensing Reforms of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
• The Energy Policy Act of 2005, and Its Impacts on the Pacific Northwest
• Energy Policy Act of 2005: PUHCA Repeal and PURPA Amendments
• State Certification Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
• FERC Hydro Licensing Update
• Hydroelectric Relicensing and the Clean Water Act
• Hydroelectric Relicensing- Legal Strategies for Success
• Hydroelectric Relicensing Update
• The Mighty Columbia: What's Next
• Buying and Selling Electric Power in the West
• Hydroelectric Relicensing - Strategies for Success

Publications:

• California Constrains Competition Again
• Rigid COD Deadlines do More Harm than Good
• Can FERC Deliver Transmission?
• Carbon-Neutral Status Shouldn't be for Sale
• Is Ratepayer Funding of Utility R&D Outdated?
• Cogeneration Qualifying Facilities Warrant Extended Contracts
• The Bumpy Road to Federal CO2 Caps
• Third Time the Charm for Unbiased Open Access?
• Politicians and State PUCs Must Shape Energy Policy Together
• Designing an RPS Program
  To Promote - Not Inhibit - Renewable Energy Resources
• States Should Cede Control of Renewable Power to Regional Markets
• How Direct Access Would Improve Electricity Supply
• Will Turbines Require Expensive Retrofits to Handle Imported LNG?
• Why Raising Renewable Portfolio Standards Won’t Work
• The Tyranny of the Final, Nonappealable Condition
• Barriers Continue to Crimp Natural Gas Supplies
• Renewable Power: Environmental or Political Product?
• Restricting Bids for New Capacity Raises Costs, Lowers Reliability
• Renewable Contracts Merit Longer Terms
• Passing on Regulatory Risks Undermines Renewable Mandates
• State Authority & Hydropower—Supreme Court Affirms State Authority
• State Monitoring Fails the Cost/Benefit Test
• Facilitate Plant Siting by Relaxing Ratemaking Constraints
• Hybrid Generation Markets Endanger Competition and Innovation
• Gas Storage Investment Stymied
• Unreasonable Credit Requirements are Slowing New Technology Deployment

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Advisory Bulletins:

• Energy Policy Update for Gas-Fired Generators
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• To Enhance Market Transparency, FERC Proposes To Collect Gas Pricing Data From End Users
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• Supreme Court Rebukes EPA on Climate Change Regulation
• Global Warming Debate Spawns Aggressive New Push to Protect Endangered Species
• FERC Seeks Industry Comments on Possible Changes to Capacity Release Rules
• FERC Clarifies Criteria for Granting Market-Based Rates for Gas Storage Facilities
• FERC Adopts Revisions to Blanket Certificate Rules Designed to Expedite Gas Project Development
• DWT Client—Avista—Succeeds Under New Hydroelectric Hearing Process
• Ninth Circuit Gives Purchasers Greater Ability To Challenge Wholesale Power Contracts
• Proposed CPUC Decision Establishes Interim Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standard
• Following Issuance of Policy Statement, FERC Moves Quickly To Resolve Pending Gas Quality and Interchangeability Disputes
• Ninth Circuit Affirms FERC’s Relicensing of Mid-Snake Hydro Projects
• FERC Authorizes Market-Based Rates for New Gas Storage Facilities
• FERC Refuses to Mandate Nationwide Gas Quality and Interchangeability Standards
• To Spur Gas Infrastructure Development, FERC Proposes to Expand Its Blanket Certificate Rules
• DWT Client Idaho Power Company is First to Take Advantage of New Federal Law Providing for Trial-Type Hearings Related to Hydroelectric Licensing Conditions
• High Court Affirms State Authority Over Hydro Projects
• FERC Reverses Negotiated Rate Policy and Again Permits Basis Differential Pricing
• FERC Issues Rules Prohibiting Energy Market Manipulation
• New Rules Proposed to Address Growing Generator Demand for Market Area Gas Storage
• Producers/Pipelines Solicit Changes to Energy Infrastructure Project Development Rules
• FERC Conference on Natural Gas Infrastructure Signals Upcoming Changes in Gas Storage Rate Design and a “Go Slow” Approach on Generic Gas Quality Rules
• FERC Signals More Flexible Policy for Merchant Transmission Lines
• California Legislature Rejects Schwarzenegger Energy Agency Reorganization Plan
• Energy Policy Act of 2005 Amendments to Section 210 of PURPA
• Oregon Public Utility Commission Rejects Texas Pacific Group's Application to Acquire Portland General Electric Company
• CPUC Establishes New Resource Procurement Policies for California’s Investor Owned Utilities – PG&E Postpones Long-Term Resource Solicitation

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