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Water Resources Legislation Could Lead to Increase of U.S. Water P3s
Posted on 30 Jun 2014 by Ballard Spahr LLP

By Brian Walsh, William C. Rhodes, Lee A. Storey, Steve T. Park, and Christopher R. Sullivan President Obama recently signed into law the Water Resources and Reform Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers... Read More

Tags: drinking water , dams , water resources , levees , clean water

Cadwalader Clients & Friends Memo: First Time for Everything – Finding Unduly Discriminatory Treatment of Wind Generators and Compelling Circumstances, FERC Exercises Its Section 211A Authority to Order BPA to Change Its Ways
Posted on 24 Jan 2012 by Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has determined that Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) use of environmental redispatch to address excess water supply and low load by curtailing renewable and thermal generators in favor of federal... Read More

Tags: wind power , hydropower , Bonneville Power Administration , dams , Federal Power Act , wind energy , Renewable Energy , hydroelectric power , FERC , Cadwalader Wickersham , redispatch