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  • 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. 5547, essentially, would expand the mission and function of ISOs and RTOs to ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on March 26, 2008
  • 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 might discourage renewable energy development.  Pickford and Strauss informed ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on March 26, 2008
  • 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 make significantly greater reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  According ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on March 26, 2008
  • 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 recent Capitol Hill meetings on timing of legislation moving through both ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on March 26, 2008
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