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New Laws And Regulations: Insights For 2020

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A constantly evolving framework of laws governing how multinational businesses can contact customers to how nonprofits report business income to how overtime is calculated and paid will influence how companies do business...more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 44

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Recess. Congress is in recess until December 2 for the Thanksgiving holiday. Clark Hill wishes our readers a Happy Thanksgiving....more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 42

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Thank you to all who have served. Happy Veterans Day from Clark Hill....more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 9

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Congress. The House and Senate return to action this week, after a much needed “time out” from the rancor that has marked the rocky beginning of the 116th Congress. ...more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 3, Issue 4

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Partial Government Shutdown Grinds into 5th Week: The effects of the partial shutdown continue to grow in Washington and elsewhere with Federal contractors and civil servants...more

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FERC Clarifies Process for Evaluating Gas Pipeline Rates in Light of Income Tax Cuts

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July 26, 2018 On July 18, in two companion orders, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC): (1) affirmed the Revised Policy Statement on Treatment of Income Taxes, and (2) provided guidance regarding the treatment of...more

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Jurisdictional Pipelines Must Inform FERC of Rates in Light of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued two orders intended to alleviate concerns that jurisdictional natural gas pipelines may be over-recovering cost-of-service rates due to (1) a reduction of the federal...more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 29

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Minibus on Senate Floor. The Senate is expected to take up a four-bill spending package next week. ...more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 26

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess Week. The House and Senate are both in recess this week for the 4th of July holiday. Clark Hill wishes you a safe and enjoyable Independence Day....more

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Window On Washington - Vol. 2, Issue 17

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - Recess Week. The House and Senate are in recess this week and will be back on May 7....more

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Energy Newsletter - April 2018

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FERC Initiates Sweeping Reform of Ratemaking Treatment for Income Taxes - On March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a series of issuances intended to address the need to reflect the lower...more

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FERC Initiates Sweeping Reform of Ratemaking Treatment for Income Taxes

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On March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a series of issuances intended to address the need to reflect the lower maximum corporate income tax rate adopted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of...more

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FERC Announces Tax Reform Actions and Eliminates Income Tax Allowance for Master Limited Partnerships

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FERC announced actions in response to the 2017 tax reform legislation and a revised income tax policy, which eliminates the income tax allowance for Master Limited Partnerships. Regulated entities should ensure that they...more

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FERC Abandons Tax Allowance in MLP Pipeline Rate Setting and Signals Changes Due to Tax Act Rate Drop

On Thursday, March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a series of orders and notices to address changing the treatment of income tax costs in rate setting for oil and natural...more

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FERC Acts to Address Decrease in Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate

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The effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are rippling through the energy industry. Our Energy Group explores how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission considers accounting for the new corporate tax rate and what it could...more

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FERC Addresses Effects of Tax Cuts on Jurisdictional Rates and Disallows Income Tax Component in MLP-Owned Partnership Pipeline...

On March 15, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order on remand disallowing an income tax component in cost-of-service rates charged by an interstate oil pipeline owned by a master limited...more

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FERC Comes Under Pressure to Reduce Pipeline and Other Regulated Rates to Reflect Changes in the Corporate Income Tax Rate

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Late last year, Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which the President signed into law on December 22, 2017. A central feature of the Act is the reduction of the maximum corporate income tax rate from 35% to...more

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Industry Petition Pushes FERC to Require Gas Pipelines and Storage Companies to Immediately Reflect Lower Tax Rates in Shipper...

In light of reduced corporate tax rates as the result of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Tax Act), a broad coalition of gas industry trade associations and gas producers recently filed a petition with the Federal Energy...more

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FERC Faces Complications in Adjusting Gas Pipeline Rates to Reflect Lower Federal Corporate Tax Rates

One of the major recent changes made to the federal tax code as the result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was the reduction in corporate income tax from 35 percent to 21 percent. As soon as the corporate tax cuts took effect at...more

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New Tax Law Exerts Downward Pressure on Incremental Project Recourse Rates

Pipeline expansion capacity is priced at the incremental cost of service of the new facilities to be constructed. This causes the incremental recourse rate to generally be higher than the otherwise applicable system recourse...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

2018 Tax Law to Reduce Pipeline Expansion Recourse Rates

FERC staff has asked gas pipelines with pending expansion applications how 2018 tax law changes will impact their proposed project’s cost of service and the project’s proposed incremental rates. FERC has imposed a quick,...more

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Trump Administration: 2017 Recap and 2018 Outlook

On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more

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Natural Gas Transportation: 2018 FERC Rate Cases Are Expected to Raise Novel Issues

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Over a half dozen natural gas rate proceedings are expected to be initiated in 2018, many of which will raise issues such as the impact of the new tax laws on rates and the inclusion of a pipeline modernization tracker in...more

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Energy & Sustainability Connections Newsletter - December 2017

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A Note from the Editors - This month’s edition of Energy & Sustainability Connections brings the latest developments in energy investing, legal insights, company activity, and industry events straight to your inbox....more

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Window on Washington - Vol. 1, Issue 38

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One Shutdown Averted, Countdown Begins Again: With the government funded through December 22, House and Senate leadership are shifting their focus on how to structure a long-term spending deal that would include an increase...more

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