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MANAGING EDITOR
Brit Brown
Managing Partner
Beirne, Maynard,
& Parsons L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
INTERNATIONAL &
OILFIELD SERVICES EDITOR
Aaron Ball
Squire, Sanders
& Dempsey LLP
Houston, Texas
OIL AND GAS EDITOR
Rick Kuebel
Locke Lord LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
POWER / ALTERNATIVE
ENERGY EDITOR
Mark R. Robeck
Baker Botts L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
YOUNG ENERGY
PROFESSIONALS EDITOR
Forrest Wynn
Beirne, Maynard
& Parsons, L.L.P.
Houston, Texas
INSTITUTE FOR
ENERGY LAW
The Center for American and International Law
5201 Democracy Dr.
Plano, Texas 75024
Tel: 972.244.3400
Fax: 972.244.3401
Stephen F. Gates
Chair, IEL Advisory Board
Special Counsel
Mayer Brown LLP
Houston, Texas
David B. Winn
IEL Director and
CAIL Vice President
Plano, Texas
J. Alan B. Dunlop
IEL Associate Director
Plano, Texas |
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Volume 5, No.5 -- December 2011 |
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Richard Carrell |
Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation Award presented to Richard N. Carrell on November 3, 2011
The Institute of Energy Law was honored to present Richard N. Carrell with the Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation Award during the 10th Energy Litigation Conference held in Houston, Texas on November 3, 2011. After receiving his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia Mr. Carrell joined Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski in 1970, now Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., where he has served as a member of the firm's Executive and Policy Committees, and is now a Retired Senior Partner serving as Of Counsel in the firm's Houston office. Mr. Carrell has had a long and distinguished career handling complex commercial litigation including antitrust, securities, contracts and oil and gas related matters. He has been selected by his peers as one of the best lawyers in America for civil litigation as published in The Best Lawyers in America, and has also been listed in the Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers, Euromoney Publications PLC.
It is a great honor and privilege to recognize Mr. Carrell as the recipient of this year's Lifetime Achievement in Energy Litigation Award, and to publish his acceptance remarks in this issue of the Energy Law Advisor.
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FERC Grants Complaint that Reduces the Cost of Generation Interconnection Service for All New Generation Projects in the MISO Region of the United States
Submitted by: Bruce Grabow, Locke Lord LLP
In October 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO) to remove a provision in its Tariff pertaining to the cost of generation interconnection service. The FERC order has significant beneficial cost impacts for the generation development community in the MISO region. Evidence in the FERC proceeding demonstrated estimated cost savings for one generation developer at just one of its generating sites at $10 million (NPV) or $55 million (over time). The FERC decision applies to all new generation interconnection agreements executed as of March 22, 2011.
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New Corporate Compliance Functions Resulting from the SEC's Increasing Interest in Hydraulic Fracturing
Submitted by: Jeffrey C. Torres, Law Office of Jeffrey C. Torres, P.C.
It should come as no surprise that oil and gas companies engaged in "fracking" are subject to increasing regulatory scrutiny as regulators at every level are focused on ways to force detailed disclosures of risks associated with hydraulic fracturing in underground shale deposits. Today, Arkansas, Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming require the disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals, and other states are considering requiring such disclosure. What may come as a surprise to compliance professionals -- already focused on these state requirements and federal regulatory activity initiated by the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Interior, and the U.S. Department of Energy -- is that the Securities & Exchange Commission has apparently aimed its considerable oversight authority on hydraulic fracturing.
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Sustaining Member BP America, Inc. added Michael Drew (Associate General Counsel, Developments, Houston) as an advisory board member.
Sustaining Member Squire Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP added Steven B. Harris, Greg R. Wehrer (Houston) and Lisa G. Henneberry (Washington, D.C.) as advisory board representatives and added Paula Galhardo (Houston) as one of their young energy professional representatives. |
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Steven Harris |
Greg Wehrer |
Lisa Henneberry |
Paula Galhardo |
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A new Sustaining Member is McGuireWoods LLP (Jonathan Blank, Chicago).
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Supporting Member Burleson LLP added Kevin Colosimo as their young energy professional representative (Pittsburgh) and Jack Luellen (Denver) as an advisory board representative.
Supporting Member Thompson & Knight LLP added Lucas A. LaVoy (Houston) as their young energy professional representative.
Supporting Member Wyatt Tarrant & Combs added Justin Ross (Lexington) as a young energy professional representative.
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Kevin Colosimo |
Jack Luellen |
Lucas A. Lavoy |
Justin Ross |
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Linda Katz |
Susan Pye |
Bill Williams |
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| Sponsoring Member Hill International, Inc. changed their advisory representative to Peter Wallace (Senior Vice President, Philadelphia). |
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New Associate Members are Zel Saccani (President and Owner, SLBT, Brownsville) and Carol Wood (King & Spalding LLP, Houston).
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New law school members are SMU Dedman School of Law (Sarah Tran, Dallas), Tulane University Law School (Amy Stein, New Orleans), the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (K.K. DuVivier, Denver), the University of Mississippi School of Law (Niki Pace, Staff Attorney and Adjunct Professor, University) and the University of New Mexico School of Law (Kevin K. Washburn, Albuquerque). |
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Sarah Tran |
Amy Stein |
K.K. DuVivier |
Niki Pace |
Kevin Washburn |
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New Young Energy Professional Members are Oyeniyi Ajigboye (Consolex Legal Practitioners, Ikoyi, Lagos), Robert C. Anderson (Steven S. Toeppich & Associates, Houston), Clara Beuth (Legal Counsel, Andritz, Geneva), John Gerner (Aldmont Energy Resources, LLC, Dallas), Kraig P. Grahmann (Haynes and Boone, LLP, Houston), Daniel Mathis (Curnutt & Hafer LLP, Arlington) and Sarah Besan Shennib (Legal Consultant, DLA Piper LLP, Kuwait City) |
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Oyeniyi Ajigboye |
Kraig P. Grahmann |
Daniel Mathis |
Sarah Besan Shennib |
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Participate in the IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn Group
Share your thoughts on current issues and developments in the field with other members of the Advisory Board in our new members-only IEL Advisory Board LinkedIn group. If you are not already a member of LinkedIn, click here for directions on how to join. |
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Visit the Advisory Board Members website
To visit the members website, click here and enter the password that was sent to you recently by email (If you need the email sent to you again, please email iel@cailaw.org. Here you will find current information about the Institute, the Advisory Board and the members themselves, including member photo rosters, committee descriptions and rosters, and a calendar of upcoming events. Here you can also access our new members-only online forum on LinkedIn, our bimonthly newsletter The Energy Law Advisor, our Online Articles Index, our other publications, and a description of Sponsorship Opportunities at upcoming programs. |
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63rd Annual Oil & Gas Law Conference
February 16-17, 2012 | Houston, Texas
2nd IEL-ANADE Conference: Renewable Energy
May 17-18, 2012 | Mexico City, Mexico
3rd Law of Shale Plays Conference
June 6-7, 2012 | Ft. Worth, Texas |
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