Energy and Utilities Law

This is FindLaw’s collection of Energy and Public Utilities Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. A public utility is a business or service, which may be publicly or privately owned, engaged in supplying the public generally with some commodity or service, such as electricity, gas, water, transportation, or telephone or telegraph service. The individual states’ various public utilities commissions oversee electric companies, while electric utility boards are delegated power by the state legislature. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Goulstson & Storrs And The FleetCenter LaunchGround-Breaking Co-Marketing Agreement

--- Goulston & Storrs announced today that it has signed an exclusive co-branding agreement with the FleetCenter's Premium Club. Under the agreement, the FleetCenter will co-brand The Premium Club with Goulston & Storrs. The relationship is ...
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Clinton Administration Releases Semi-Annual Report on the U.s.-Japan Auto Agreement

Yesterday the Clinton Administration released its fifth semi-annual report on the U.S.-Japan Automotive Agreement which calls on Japan to "take concrete steps to further open and deregulate its automotive sector." The report, which was drafted ...
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Conditional Approval of New Generating Facility

On December 21, 1998, the Energy Facilities Siting Board (the "Siting Board") issued a tentative decision conditionally approving the petition of ANP Blackstone Energy Company ("ANP" or the "Company") to construct a nominal net 580-megawatt ("MW ...
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Congressional Resolutions on Deregulation of Japan’s Markets

On July 20, the U.S. House of Representatives approved Rep. Doug Bereuter's (R-Nebraska) resolution (H.Res. 392) "relating to the importance of Japanese-American relations and the urgent need for Japan to more effectively address its economic and ...
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Coordinating Efforts to Secure American Public Water Supplies

This article is co-authored by Tim De Young and Adam Gravley, a partner in the Seattle office of Preston Gates and Ellis, LLP, and was first published in Natural Resources and Environment, Volume 16, Number 3, Winter 2002, a publication of the ...
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Department Approves Divestiture of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station

On March 22, 1999, the Department of Telecommunications and Energy (the "Department") issued an order approving Boston Edison Company's ("Boston Edison") divestiture of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station and related assets ("Pilgrim"). The Order ...
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Electronic Waste Responsibilities Loom on the Horizon

In 2003, consistent with its forward looking policies regarding managing waste, the European Union (EU) issued Directive 2002/96/EC regarding Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The Directive contained a number of far-reaching ...
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Energy (Electricity/Corporate)

The approach toward restructuring electricity markets has differed across Canada as a result of the unique industry and regulatory structures, regional circumstances and issues that face each of the provinces. For example, factors such as ...
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Gaining Access to the French Natural Gas Market

The law nÂº 2003-8 of January 3, 2003 on gas and electricity markets and on the energy public service (the "") opened the market of French natural gas to competition and provided the general conditions of such opening. More than one year after the ...
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Global Trends Favor Increased Use of Leasing Structures in Project Finance Transactions

A number of trends are occurring domestically and internationally in the broad area of project and infrastructure finance which indicate leasing structures will be used more frequently as a vehicle for financing infrastructure projects and ...
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