Federal and State Transmission Planning

November 10, 2009

10:00 a.m. Central Standard Time

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Critical electric transmission siting decisions have traditionally resided exclusively in the states, but the needs of regional electricity markets and national energy policy are encroaching on responsibilities jealously guarded by states.  The Obama administration, Congress, and FERC have all sought to advance an interstate, rather than intrastate, perspective on needed transmission, but local interests in siting are strong.   What issues do states face in siting decisions, and would a Federal approach address them?  Can individual states properly consider national energy policy interests in their siting decisions?  Who benefits from, and who pays for, new transmission facilities?  

Different RES provisions have been approved in 2009 by the House of Representatives and the Senate Energy Committee. The House bill requires 20% renewable electricity by 2020. Senate Energy has proposed a 15% renewables target by 2021. Some of the issues we will address in this discussion include:

• The likelihood of a federal RES becoming law and when.
• The prospect of RES as part of climate cap and trade or a narrower energy bill.
• Discussion of annual renewable percentage requirements.
• The range of technologies that will be eligible for RPS credit.
• How federal RES’s interact with state RES’s already in place.
• The need to address existing state and regional differences.
• How national standards affect the "politics" of criteria for renewable standards.
• Ultimately, how much the RPS renewable percentage requirements will be a change from the status quo.

	More Info Steve Greenwald Chair Davis Wright Tremaine’s Energy Practice Steve has practiced law in San Francisco for almost 35 years and has been serving as chair of Davis Wright Tremaine’s Energy Practice for over a decade. Since 1980, he has focused his practice on energy transactional and regulatory law, at both state and federal levels. Steve represents generators and large industrial consumers in negotiating power purchase and sale agreements and also in obtaining regulatory approval for electric interconnection, supply and transmission agreements. During his tenure at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the 1980s, Steve served as lead attorney on numerous general rate and fuel cost related proceedings, many of which involved funding for energy efficiency and demand response programs. He co-authors the monthly Legal & Regulatory column featured in POWER magazine with his Energy Practice Partner Jeff Gray. Steve attended the University of Michigan Law School.
	More Info Craig Gannett Partner Davis Wright Tremaine’s Energy Practice Craig focuses his practice on energy, environmental and natural resource matters. He advises clients on pending federal and state legislation concerning renewable portfolio standards and a wide range of other electric utility regulatory matters. Craig teaches climate change policy at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies and is a former Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, where he was responsible for overseeing the electric utility industry and the federal Power Marketing Administrations. Craig attended the University of Washington School of Law.
	More InfoDan Adamson Partner Davis Wright Tremaine’s Energy Practice Dan focuses his practice on energy and environmental matters. He represents clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), federal and state resource agencies, Congress and the courts, with a particular emphasis on energy infrastructure issues. Prior to coming to the firm in 2001, Dan served as Director of the Office of Energy Projects at FERC, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy and as a Congressional staffer. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Climate Change Practice and advises a number of utility clients regarding federal climate change legislation and regulation. Dan attended the Georgetown University Law Center.
	More InfoWebinar Moderator Dr. Robert Peltier  Editor-in-Chief POWER magazine Bob began his power industry career with the regulated utility, San Diego Gas & Electric Co., the unregulated power developer Energy Factors, and gas turbine supplier, Solar Turbines, Inc and later was manager of production engineering Stewart & Stevenson’s Gas Turbine Division (now part of General Electric). Dr. Peltier was also a tenured professor at Arizona State University for eight years where he taught numerous power-related courses. In 1999, Captain Peltier was recalled to active duty in the United States Navy to serve in Washington, DC on the staff of the Naval Sea Systems Command. He left active duty in September 2002 joining the POWER magazine’s editorial staff as senior editor. Bob was named Editor-in-Chief of POWER on April 1, 2003. Bob has a BS, MS and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and is a registered engineer in California and Arizona.

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