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California's Cap and Trade Program Goes to Court Again

by Jon Costantino | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/22/2013

The other shoe finally dropped. The much-speculated and much-anticipated “tax vs. fee” AB 32 Cap and Trade lawsuit has finally been filed. A diverse coalition of businesses and trade groups filed a lawsuit in a state superior...more

California Cap and Trade Auction #2 Results

by Jon Costantino | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/27/2013

Last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) held its second Cap and Trade Allowance Auction (auction) of the program, and the first one since carbon obligations started accruing January 1 for compliance entities. ...more

Greenhouse Gas Allowance Auction Revenues Possibly On Track to be Returned to Utility Customers

by Jill Jaffe, Martin Mattes | Nossaman LLP on 1/15/2013

On December 20, 2012, the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") issued a decision directing the allocation of revenues generated by the investor-owned utilities' auctioning of greenhouse gas ("GHG") allowances...more

What Will It Cost for California to Save the World? California Conducts its First Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Auction

by Whitney Hodges, Olivier F. Theard, Randy Visser | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/5/2012

The landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (“AB 32”) tasked the California Air Resources Board (“ARB”) with reducing greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. In adopting a scoping plan assembling a...more

Washington Energy Update - October/November 2012

by Noah A. Brumfield, Caileen N. Gamache, Daniel A. Hagan, Claire Hall, Scott Lincicome, Justin S. Miller | White & Case LLP on 12/4/2012

In This Issue: - When Energy and Antitrust Worlds Collide — Sixth Circuit Rules That Filed-Rate Doctrine Did Not Bar Price Discrimination Claim Against Electric Utility - California Cap-and-Trade Scheme -...more

California Auctions Initial Greenhouse Gas Allowances under AB 32 Cap and Trade Program

by Josh Bushinsky, Randy Lewis, Peter Mostow, Sheridan Pauker | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 11/27/2012

On November 14, 2012, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) held the first auction for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission allowances under the state's pioneering cap and trade program. More than 70 entities participated in the...more

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