Energy & Utilities Law

Accessing Asian Capital By Canadian Companies – The Case For Listing In Hong Kong

by Julianne Doe | Dentons on 5/25/2013

Why Hong Kong - Michael Chan, Assistant Vice President of the Global Markets Division of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“HKEx”), was recently in Canada, visiting Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver and delivering a...more

Is It Legal for My Landlord to Shut Off My Utilities?

by Janet Raasch | Lawyers.com on 5/25/2013

In most situations, your landlord is not allowed to cut off your utilities. A landlord who wants you to leave can evict you under the terms of the lease or rental agreement, but cannot cut off your utilities....more

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - May 24, 2013

by David D. Cooke, Emily L. Murray, Sandi L. Nichols | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/25/2013

Environmental and Policy Focus -Interior Department offers new rules for 'fracking': Los Angeles Times - May 16 - The U.S. Department of the Interior proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on...more

Corruption in The Energy Sector: Criminal Fines, Civil Judgments, And Lost Arbitrations

by Gordon Kaiser | JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 5/24/2013

Synopsis - This article examines the anti-bribery legislation of three countries, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The legislation of the three countries is compared and virtually all the criminal...more

AB 32 Update: Summary of the Basics of Transacting in Offsets Under AB 32

by Jamon Bollock, Jennifer Smokelin | Reed Smith on 5/24/2013

This Client Alert serves as an executive summary for a supplementary white paper, The Basics of Transacting in Offsets under AB 32, and will assist clients in addressing offset transaction risks. The white paper offers an...more

Energy Alert: Minnesota Legislature Creates New Solar Energy Mandate

by Matthew Melewski, Brian Meloy, Guy Smith | Leonard, Street and Deinard on 5/24/2013

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed into law today an Omnibus Energy Bill that includes a series of provisions directed at encouraging investment, development and use of solar energy in Minnesota....more

CBO Issues New Analysis of Carbon Tax

by Matt Bingham | Lewis and Roca LLP on 5/24/2013

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report yesterday about the impact of a carbon tax on the U.S. economy and the environment. According to CBO's analysis, the overall economic effect of a carbon tax...more

EPA Proposes Biogas Amendments to the Renewable Fuel Standard: RIN Generation on Electricity from Biogas, Cellulosic RIN...

by Susan Lafferty, David McCullough, Amish Shah, Ram Sunkara | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 5/24/2013

On May 21, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that would further incorporate the use of biogas into the RFS. The RFS requires gasoline and diesel...more

CPUC Petitioned to Develop Methodology to Quantify Costs, Benefits of Energy-Reducing Programs for Water Sector - Petition is...

by Sophie Akins | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/24/2013

The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) own Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) petitioned the CPUC yesterday to start a rulemaking proceeding that would develop a partnership framework between investor-owned...more

American Lung Association’s Report “State Of The Air 2013? Shows Overall Improvement, But Still Problems For Some Cities In The...

by Ronald Farley | Burr & Forman on 5/24/2013

The American Lung Association recently issued a Report entitled, “State of the Air 2013,” which looks at levels of ground-level ozone and particle pollution across the United States for the period 2009-2011....more

Tennessee Finalizes Environmental Regulations Concerning Fracking

by Frederick Hitchcock, Willa Kalaidjian | Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 5/24/2013

On May 22, 2013, the Tennessee General Assembly’s joint committee on government operations approved Tennessee’s first rules regulating the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract oil and natural gas from wells....more

Real Estate Tip – On-Site Power Generation Part 2: Who Pays Fuel Tax on Your Natural Gas Honda Civic?

by Richard Smith | Bernstein Shur on 5/24/2013

Today’s tip expands the topic of on-site power generation. Instead of “going green” with renewable power, consider installing battery-buffered petroleum generators, natural gas generators or fuel cells to...more

Dispute Over Duke’s 2012 Proposed Rate Increase Continues

by Mary Kathryn (Katie) King | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 5/23/2013

On April 12, 2013, the N.C. Supreme Court stepped into the ongoing dispute regarding the 7.2 percent rate increase sought by Duke Energy and approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) in January 2012. Duke...more

DOE Issues Second LNG Export License for Non-FTA Countries

by Sandra Safro, David Wochner | K&L Gates LLP on 5/23/2013

On May 17, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued an order authorizing the Freeport LNG Terminal (“Freeport”) in Quintana Island, Texas to export liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) to nations with which the United...more

Not a Good Week for Private Climate Change Litigation: The Supreme Court Denies Review in Kivalina

by Seth Jaffe | Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 5/23/2013

It has not been a good run for plaintiffs in private climate change litigation. As we noted last week, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal in Comer v. Murphy Oil. Now, on Monday, the Supreme Court denied...more

Chemical Industry Will Invest $71.7 Billion and Create 537,000 Jobs Due to Shale Gas, ACC Says

by Jack N. Semrani, Dena E. Wiggins | Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/23/2013

The U.S. chemical industry will invest $71.7 billion and create 537,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2020 due largely to the transformative effect of shale gas on the industry’s global competitiveness, according to the...more

The Water Resources Development Act and ARPA-E Funding – ML Strategies Weekly Energy and Environmental Update

by Mintz Levin - Energy & Clean Technology on 5/23/2013

It’s been a tale of two chambers in Congress with the House falling down party lines and the Senate coming together in bipartisan fashion, most notably on confirming Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary and approving the Water...more

Is The Oil And Gas Industry Undertaxed?

by Charles Sartain | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 5/23/2013

The short answer is no, according to the American Petroleum Institute. The API compared oil and gas to other industries in terms of profit margin and effective tax rate. ...more

Missouri Legislature Approves Six-Year Solar Rebate Phase-Out

by Alan Claus Anderson, J. Britton Gibson, Luke A. Hagedorn | Polsinelli on 5/23/2013

As one of the final acts of the legislative session, on May 17th the Missouri legislature approved an amendment that will phase out the Missouri solar rebate between 2014 and 2020....more

Huron County Seeks Clarification On Taxes

by Varnum LLP on 5/23/2013

The Board of Commissioners for Huron County have resolved to not take any more action regarding wind energy projects until Michigan clarifies the legislation and taxation of wind turbine....more

Vapor Intrusion Guidance Update

by Martin Booher, Maureen Brennan | BakerHostetler on 5/22/2013

U.S. EPA has extended the deadline for comments on its OSWER Final Guidance for Assessing and Mitigating the Vapor Intrusion Pathway from Subsurface Sources to Indoor Air and its Guidance for Addressing Petroleum Vapor...more

It's Time to Talk About the Future of Water

by Paola Sanchez | Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 5/22/2013

Although more than 70 percent of the Earth is covered by water, only about 2.5 percent is freshwater. Because freshwater is used for crop irrigation and consumption, it remains one of the most sought-after resources on the...more

Energy And Environment Update -- May 20, 2013

by Jordan Collins, David Leiter, Sarah Litke, Neal Martin, Bryan M. Stockton | Mintz Levin - Environmental Law on 5/22/2013

In This Issue: Energy & Climate Debate; Congress; Administration; Department of Commerce; Department of Energy; Department of Interior; Department of State; Department of Transportation; Environmental Protection...more

Not on the Rink in My Backyard - Ontario Court Rejects Bid to Enforce Ecuadorian Judgment Against Chevron Corp.

by April Grosse, Jeffrey S. Leon, Sheena Owens | Bennett Jones LLP on 5/22/2013

It is well-known that for 20 years Chevron Corp. has been engaged in litigation with residents of the Lago Agrio region of Ecuador over alleged environmental and health damage arising out of oil exploration activities by...more

Trigeneration - Tips and Traps for the Uninitiated: Baker & McKenzie

by Sebastian Busa, Peter Davis, Jennifer Fitzalan, Alex Hartmann | Baker & McKenzie Australia on 5/22/2013

Given the escalating costs of energy and increasing corporate focus on sustainability, building owners and occupiers are increasingly seeking ways to produce and use energy more efficiently....more

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