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• NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report March 25

• ISO-NE Issues Statement on RTO Legislation Indicates, “Mission Accomplished, Legislation Not Needed”

  On March 13, ISO-New England (ISO-NE) issued a statement on S. 2660/ H.R. 5547, the Sanders-Snowe Consumer Protection and Cost Accountability Act, indicating that the legislation was unnecessary, because consumer protections are already in place. S. 2660/H.R. Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:13 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report March 25, 2008 by Article

• Meeting with Wind Association on RTO Bills

  On March 13, Lori Pickford of Morgan Meguire and Scott Strauss of Spiegel & McDiarmid met with the staff of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to discuss S. 2660/H.R. 5547. The wind industry had raised preliminary concerns that the bills Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:12 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report March 25, 2008 by Article

• EPA Report on Lieberman-Warner Bill; Industry Report Claims Severe Economic Impacts

  According to a March 14 analysis of the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill and two competing Senate bills prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the former would impact the U.S. economy more severely than the others, but it would Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:11 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report March 25, 2008 by Article

• APPA Holds Forum to Help Members Analyze Lieberman-Warner Bill

  On March 25, Morgan Meguire’s Lori Pickford, Deborah Sliz and Tom Porter attended a briefing by APPA regarding the costs associated with the Lieberman-Warner climate change bill. APPA Legislative Representative James Williams briefed attendees on Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 1:09 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report March 25, 2008 by Article