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• Capital Currents--Views on Global Business from Washington Legal Leaders ( August 2003 )
  

  Features the following articles (1) Homeland Security's New Energy Challenge; (2) Business Without Borders: How to Navigate Changing International Trade Regulations Litigation In A Post-Enron World; and (3) Putting the Ethics Back into "Corporate Ethics."

• Regulated Resources Newsletter, Volume 1, Issue 1 ( November 2001 )
  

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently ordered refunds for all June and July, 2001, California and WSCC wholesale sales above the mitigated price. The two orders reject the submitted cost justifications for a variety of reasons. On June 19, 2001 FERC set out the justification criteria, disallowing credit-risk premiums and emissions costs.

• Regulated Resources Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 1 ( May 2002 )
  

  On March 12, 2002, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission proposed a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for state utilities. The Commission filed the proposed rule after the Utility Division Staff submitted a Petition for Rulemaking on the subject. Interested parties in the state had previously commented on the subject of renewable energy in Utility Case No. 3619, a Commission-initiated inquiry.

• What's Happening At FERC ( May 2003 )
  

  In a ruling that could ignite a jurisdictional showdown between Virginia and federal regulators, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 1, 2003, conditionally approved a request by American Electric Power Co., Inc. (AEP) and Commonwealth Edison Co. (ComEd) to transfer control of their respective FERC-jurisdictional transmission facilities to PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM).

• What's Happening in California ( May 2003 )
  

  In two different forums, California government entities continue to implement changes reacting to the California energy crisis of 2000 and 2001. Each of these initiatives is aimed at unifying energy policy and planning in California.

• FERC Sets New Conditions for Approval of Utility Debt Issues ( March 2003 )
  

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") must approve the issuance of securities by some utilities subject to its jurisdiction. In an order dated February 20, 2003, FERC imposed stringent new conditions on these debt issues, which it said will be applicable to all future cases.

• Regulated Resources Newsletter, Volume 2, Issue 2 ( December 2002 )
  

  The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC or Commission) has continued to consider the establishment of an RPS in the state. After holding a hearing and a workshop to consider the issues surrounding the standard in recent months, the Commission issued a new proposal on October 1, 2002. This new proposal replaces the one issued in March 2002.

• Detailed Summary of FERC'S Standard Market Design NOPR ( June 2002 )
  

  On July 31, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM01-12-000 containing its long-awaited standard market design (SMD) program designed "to remedy remaining undue discrimination in the provision of interstate transmission services and in other industry practices, and to assure just and reasonable rates within and among regional power markets." Regulations implementing SMD would be contained in a new Subpart G to be added to 18 CFR Part 35.

• The Northwest Perspective on the Electricity Crisis: Where Are We, How Did We Get Here, And How Can We Get Out? ( March 2001 )
  

  From the perspective of the Northwest, this paper addresses the electricity crisis currently besetting the entire West. The first section describes where we are, and where we are headed if effective action is not taken. The second section describes how we got here, so that we understand the sources of the problem we are trying to solve. The third section describes potential solutions.

• Rules Spurring Formation of Regional Transmission Organizations Adopted by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( December 1999 )
  

  This article summarizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's rules that are designed to expedite the disaggregation of transmission facilities from vertically-integrated electric utilities.