The ScottMadden Energy Industry Update | August 2014

Just when you thought policy and regulation had begun to settle down, major changes are afoot—or at least proposed. Rules for organized power markets continue to be tweaked as is the LNG export application process. More fundamental changes have been proposed at the federal level, in the form of CO2 emissions regulation, and in at least one state (New York), which is looking at fundamentally changing the role of the local distribution utility. Read more below.

• Organized Capacity and Energy Markets: The Saga Continues
• In a New York State of Mind: The Empire State’s “Reforming the Energy Vision” Initiative
• Existing Source CO2 Emissions Regulation: Dealing with the Muddle
• Competitive Transmission: Why Is This So Hard?
• Latest in Regional Competitive Processes under Order 1000
• LNG Exports: Application Reshuffling and More Studies, But Development Continues
• Current Regulatory Landscape: You Can’t Always Get What You Want…But Can You Get What You Need?
• Current Regulatory Landscape: Authorized Returns Have Declined, But Actual Results Are Improving

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