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The Preference Clause Revisited: Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District V. Johnson And The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning And Conservation Act, Joseph P. Mentor Jr., David C. Jory

Washington Law Review

This article analyzes the legislative development of the preference clause to its inclusion in the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act). This analysis demonstrates the Northwest Power Act's reaffirmation of the supply preference traditionally included in federal power marketing legislation. The analysis also reveals a unique price discount for customers entitled to a supply preference under the Northwest Power Act. Additionally, the article considers recent Ninth Circuit decisions applying the preference clause to various forms of power allocation by federal agencies. The analysis identifies legislative and judicial adherence to the preference concept based on congressional …

Conservation And Renewable Energy In The Four Pacific Northwest States: A Compilation Of Relevant State Statutes, Linda Steinmann

Washington Law Review

This Comment is limited in scope and purpose. It surveys the laws of the four Northwest states and identifies the problems and programs that are unique to each. By assembling the different ways that each state has addressed conservation and renewable resource development, this Comment hopes to aid policy makers in each of the states to copy the successes, and avoid the failures, of the others.

High Ross Dam: The International Joint Commission Takes A Hard Look At The Environmental Consequences Of Hydroelectric Power Generation—The 1982 Supplementary Order, Mary Patrice Mccausland

Washington Law Review

This Note discusses a 1982 decision by the International Joint Commission (IJC) that effectively prohibits Seattle from raising the dam. It surveys the forty-year history leading to the decision, especially noting the role of the IJC. The Note compares the 1982 decision and the procedures used by the IJC in reaching its decision, particularly its examination of environmental concerns, with the application and operation of the "hard look" doctrine as it is used in environmental cases in the American judicial system. It suggests that applying the priniciples of the "hard look" doctrine is both appropriate and consistent with the IJC's …

Interstate Gas Pipeline Ratemaking And Contract Implications, Henry E. Brown

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

61 pages.

Contains references.

Contains 7 attachments.

Creditors’ Rights Involved In The Production And Sale Of Natural Gas, William M. Schultz

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

101 pages (includes forms).

Contains 6 attachments.

Section 311 And 312 Of The Natural Gas Policy Act Of 1978 And Hinshaw Pipelines, Lauren Eaton

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

5 pages.

Drafting And Interpreting Sensitive Gas Purchase Contract Provisions, William D. Watson

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

8 pages.

Off-System Sales: Will They Ever Return?, Paul F. O'Konski

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

5 pages.

Off-System Sales – Will They Ever Return? (The Interstate Side), Robert C. Mchugh

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

27 pages (includes illustrations).

Contains 2 pages of references.

Contains 1 attachment.

The Natural Gas Industry In Transition, Ruth A. Maurer

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

10 pages (includes illustrations).

Legislative Prospects For Wellhead Pricing Of Natural Gas, Richard G. Morgan

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

162 pages.

Contains 16 attachments.

Contractual And Other Considerations Affecting Producers, Pipelines And Distributors During Current Period Of Market Demand Constraints [Outline], Michael J. Manning

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

6 pages.

Agenda: Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions For The Future Of Regulatory Environment, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, University Of Houston. Law Center

Natural Gas Symposium: Contract Solutions for the Future of Regulatory Environment (March 24-25)

Contents:

The natural gas industry in transition / Ruth A. Maurer -- Legislative prospects for wellhead pricing of natural gas / Richard G. Morgan -- Off-system sales : will they ever return? : the interstate side / Robert C. McHugh -- Off-system sales : will they ever return? / Paul F. O'Konski -- Contractual and other considerations affecting producers, pipelines and distributors during current period of market demand constraints / Michael J. Manning -- Section 311 and 312 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 and Hinshaw pipelines / Lauren Eaton -- Drafting and interpreting sensitive gas purchase contract …

Jurisdiction Of State Regulatory Commissions Over Public Utility Holding Company Diversification, Joan G. Fickinger

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

State Taxation Of Energy Resources: Are Consuming States Getting Burned?, Nancy E. Shurtz

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Arab oil embargo of 1973 and the severe energy shortage it caused in the United States prompted federal authorities to formulate a national energy policy that would encourage exploitation of domestic energy resources. As the federal government has implemented this energy policy, states rich in natural resources have begun to tax the energy mining and production operations within their borders.

In this Article Professor Shurtz discusses the constitutional limits of this taxation and examines how the revenues from these taxes alter the balance of wealth between energy-producing and energy-consuming states. Professor Shurtz concludes that revisions in revenue sharing formulae, …

Energy Policy: A Norwegian Perspective, Tore Tonne

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Few countries in the industrialized West are more energy directed than Norway. Whereas most nations have paid particular attention to the relationship between their economic growth and the consumption of energy, Norway has to a high degree based her industrialization and economic growth on the exploitation of indigenous energy resources. Therefore, establishing principles of developing and using energy resources has been an important political topic in Norway since industrialization gathered headway near the turn of the century.

Reader Response, Arthur Christian Nelson

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

The Swank Decision: Economic Interest In Coal Not Dependent On Lease Terminability, Jay Rosenblum

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Surface Mining In Kentucky, Carolyn S. Bratt

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In 1977, Congress enacted the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The Act, designed to protect the environment and society from the adverse effects of surface coal mining and to insure uniform minimum nationwide regulatory standards, established a comprehensive regulatory scheme for surface mining and reclamation operations of both federal and non-federal lands within the United States.

The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation within the Department of the Interior, is charged with administering and implementing the Act. Implementation is divided into two stages. During the initial, or interim phase, all surface mining …

Power Production And Regulatory Reform: Easing The Transition To An Economic Energy Future, Richard Goldsmith

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Legal Issues Relating To The Canadian National Energy Program, Jean-Paul Lacasse

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Since its unveiling on October 28, 1980, Canada's National Energy Program has been commented upon abundantly in government circles, newspaper articles, trade magazines, and financial industry seminars, drawing both oil industry and foreign reactions. It has received less notice in scholarly publications, however, perhaps because it is a complex and continuously changing program that did not become effective until legislation was enacted. The purpose of this Article is to sketch a broad picture of the National Energy Program (NEP) while focusing on its Canadianization aspects, the new oil and gas taxation situation, and the Program's various transnational law implications. As …

Coal Slurry Pipeline, Mary Kathleen Martin, Laurie L. Riddles

University of Richmond Law Review

Coal, a primary energy source, is presently fueling the fires of debate in Virginia. The controversy has arisen over a plan developed by private investors to construct a coal slurry pipeline. The pipeline, as proposed, would transport between five and twenty-five million tons of coal annually from southwest Virginia to the Tidewater area. The coal would be pulverized and combined in a fifty percent mixture with water. Once the coal reaches its destination, the water would be extracted by centrifuge, leaving the coal ready for use.

Potential Legal Facilitation Or Impediment Of Wind Energy Conversion System Siting, Richard L. Settle

Faculty Articles

The use of wind to produce energy has ancient roots. Prior to World War II over six million small windmills had been in operation in the United States. Then, during the post-war industrial boom, wind generation of energy was largely abandoned in favor of cheaper, more convenient fossil fuels. In recent years, the rapidly escalating price of imported oil and consequent search for alternative domestic energy sources has generated renewed interest in the utilization of wind energy. Most recently, perhaps most importantly, Congress has mandated that renewable energy sources be given first priority in planning the future of the Pacific …

Developments, Curtis J. Berger, Francis J. Conte, Marcia L. Gienapp, Albert Brecht, Thomas Barton, Carl J. Schramm, James R. Devine, Robert L. Mennell

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Taming The Utilities: New York State Passes An Energy Consumers' Bill Of Rights, Marc Ganz

In the Public Interest

No abstract provided.

American Paper Institute, Inc. V. American Electrical Power Service Corp., Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.

Universal Scrubbing: Cleaning The Air, Eugene M. Trisko

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Monitoring Foreign Investment In Energy Resources: Problems And Proposals, James J. Friedberg

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Ninth Circuit Upholds Nuclear Power Moratorium Provision, Kim A. Griffith

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Reader Response, Thomas Palm

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.