Energy Law Journal back issues from January 2008:
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Jan 01, 2008; ... The 2006 EBA Member Survey indicates that over 70% of the membership reads the Energy Law Journal. It represents one of the many benefits provided by the Foundation of the Energy Law Journal and EBA. This issue of the Journal continues its remarkable success with timely articles on climate ...
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF'S MESSAGE
Jan 01, 2008; ... "We don't solve the [climate change] problem by wishing it away." - Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund at the Wall Street Journal's Economics Conference, March 13, 2008 Change is the watchword of the day. But what does this illusive term really mean or ...
IN MEMORIAM: Michael E. Small
Jan 01, 2008; ... Michael E. Small, of McLean, VA, passed away on February 5, 2008, from complications arising from multiple myeloma. Mike Small was a managing shareholder at the law firm of Wright & Talisman, P.C. He is survived by his wife, Rachel, and his sons, Daniel and Jeffrey. After earning a ...
CLIMATE CHANGE LAW: AN INTRODUCTION
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: Climate change law is a new and rapidly developing area of law. This article explains the basic elements of climate change law, with a particular focus on those issues that promise to be important for a considerable time as well as the major factors that are driving the ...
ASIAN AMPERES: CHINESE ELECTRIC POWER
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: The development of the electric power industry in China and of its regulatory milieu follows in many respects the pattern established in the United States and in most of the rest of the world. But while the emergence of competition in lieu of direct regulatory intervention is ...
CHANGING RESOURCES, CHANGING MARKET: THE IMPACT OF A NATIONAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD ON THE U.S. ENERGY INDUSTRY
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: The U.S. Congress recently passed a new energy bill that, until that last minute, included provisions that would have established a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The RPS would have required electric utilities to procure a certain percentage of their electricity from ...
NATIONAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD: SMART POLICY OR MISGUIDED GESTURE?
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: Concern over emissions and climate change has led over half of the states to enact "renewable portfolio standard" (RPS) legislation requiring regulated electric utilities to obtain some fraction of their power requirements from sources defined as "renewable." Legislation to institute a ...
DEVELOPING ENERGY POLICY FOR EUROPE: A FINNISH PERSPECTIVE ON ENERGY COOPERATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: Traditionally, energy policy within the European Union (EU) has fallen within the jurisdiction of individual member states. In the recent years the member states and the European Commission have acknowledged that a joint European Energy Policy is the most effective response to ...
CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE: FACTS FROM SECURITIES FRAUD PRIVATE CIVIL ACTIONS CAN IDENTIFY INTENT TO MANIPULATE ENERGY MARKETS
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: Congress modeled its Energy Policy Act of 2005 market manipulation provisions on longstanding federal securities law. The EPAct 2005 specifically declared unlawful, for energy markets, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance, as those terms are used in federal ...
"DECOUPLING" FOR ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS: CHANGING 19TH CENTURY TARIFF STRUCTURES TO ADDRESS 21ST CENTURY ENERGY MARKETS
Jan 01, 2008; ... Synopsis: In 21st century energy markets, energy distribution systems are wrestling with tariff designs left over from the 19th century when gas distributors manufactured their own gas, and electricity distributors generated their own power. For both, profits were "coupled" to the ...
EBA CLIMATE CHANGE PRIMER: CAP AND TRADE
Jan 01, 2008; ... Energy Bar Association Presentation - November 30, 2007 PANELISTS BRIAN MCLEAN Director, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Atmospheric Programs DALLAS BURTRAW, PH.D. Senior Fellow Resources for the Future FRANZ ...
EBA CLIMATE CHANGE PRIMER: FINANCING A RENEWABLE PROJECT
Jan 01, 2008; ... Energy Bar Association Presentation - November 30, 2007 PANELISTS KERRY DUKES Chief Executive Officer Ardour Capital Investments ROGER FELDMAN Andrews Kurth ROBERT B. MCKINSTRY, JR. Ballard Spahr Andrews & ...
ENERGY AUTONOMY: GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY
Jan 01, 2008; ... ENERGY AUTONOMY: GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY, by Hermann Scheer, Earthscan 2007. Reviewed by Darrell Blakeway* Dr. Hermann Scheer, member of the German Bundestag since 1980, is a distinguished leader of the world renewable energy community, and a moving force in ...
REPORT OF THE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE
Jan 01, 2008; ... This report addresses selected recent developments relating to the use of ADR in the energy industry.1 Among other things, it provides updated information and statistics on the use of ADR at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) and recent developments under the Energy ...
REPORT OF THE JUDICIAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
Jan 01, 2008; ... This report sumarizes cases reviewing decisions made by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The time frame covered by this report is January 2007 to December 2007. I. ADMINISTRATIVELAW A. Ripeness The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission), as ...
REPORT OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY COMMITTEE
Jan 01, 2008; ... This report summarizes decisions and policy developments that have occurred in the area of renewable energy.1 The time frame covered by this report is January 2007 to December 2007. I. INTRODUCTION While, technically, the renewable energy movement is four decades old, dating from ...