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Recorded on: Aug. 9, 2012

Taken from the briefing Contracts for Green Buildings: Solving the Split Incentive Problem and Contracting Well for Green Performance recorded August, 2012. With the increased popularity of LEED-certified buildings and other green aspects of building, contracting or leasing for green has increased in complexity.  Many commercial leases are structured in a manner that actually discourages energy saving improvements, and we will ...

Released on: Jun. 28, 2012

Taken from the briefing Energy Deal Making: Current Trends and Tensions recorded June 2012. A high level of oil and gas deal activity continues and reflects the current oversupply of natural gas, a keen continuing interest in oil and natural gas liquids with significant additional drilling potential, and deal risks raised by various regulatory developments.  Deal terms reflect different approaches to address these issues. Lecture ...

Recorded on: Jan. 31, 2013

Taken from the briefing FERC: Policing the Physical Energy Markets recorded January, 2013. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) became an enforcement agency in 2005 when Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act, which authorized the agency, inter alia, to impose million-dollar a day penalties and police against manipulation of the physical electric energy and natural gas markets.  FERC implemented this authority by ...

Released on: Aug. 8, 2013

Taken from the briefing Fracking: Drilling Down on the Latest Regulatory, Research and Litigation Developments 2013 recorded July, 2013.Viewed by many as the key to our nation’s energy independence, expanded hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the United States has raised concerns from some about potentially adverse environmental, health, and safety impacts. These concerns have generated a considerable amount of publicity and media coverage ...

Released on: Jun. 26, 2012

Taken from the briefing Smart Grid Privacy and Data Access - An Overview of Recent Federal, State and Private Sector Initiatives recorded June 2012. The rapidly increasing deployment of smart meters is creating a vibrant market for data analytics.  Currently, there are more than 20 states that have smart meter penetration rates in excess of 50 percent.  By 2016, analysts estimate that the advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) ...