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Covington works with multiple clients regarding the development and overall direction of US energy policy and restructuring of the electric industry. We are intimately familiar with the broad policy issues and the myriad critical details in these matters, including the extensive new energy regulations promulgated by FERC under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Representative Matters
- COMPETE, a coalition of major electricity market participants, including Exelon, Constellation Energy Group, Sempra, Reliant, TXU, Goldman Sachs, National Grid, and Wal-Mart, in proceedings before the Interagency Task Force on Competition initiated under EPAct 2005.
- American Wind Energy Association in the rulemaking proceeding before FERC to reform Order No. 888.
- KKR in the rulemaking proceeding before FERC regarding incentive-based rates for electric transmission under EPAct 2005.
- UBS in electric marketing and trading activities, including its triennial market power review.
- SDG&E or its affiliates in:
- proceedings before FERC and the California Public Utilities Commission concerning the restructuring of the California electric industry.
- obtaining FERC approval to acquire what is now Sempra Commodities, a major marketer of oil, natural gas, and electricity.
- successfully challenging the California ISO’s imposition of certain charges on transmission facilities jointly owned by SDG&E and other utilities.
- successful appeals of a FERC order concerning recovery of charges for transmission losses and ancillary services.
- obtaining FERC approval to make sales at market-based rates.
- instituting and-most recently-settling a number of proceedings regarding FERC’s wide-ranging investigation into prices and potential refunds for sales in California in 2000-2001.
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