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Bates White’s Energy Practice provides expert economic services for a wide range of energy-related matters, including regulatory and public policy; litigation; market power analysis; mergers and acquisitions; market analysis, modeling, and forecasting; market design; transmission system modeling and analysis; environmental policy; restructuring and privatization; and finance. The common elements we bring to these issues are rigorous and defensible quantitative analysis, sophisticated economic modeling, a solid grounding in economic and financial theory, in-depth research, and industry experience.

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Spotlights

News
Recent cases and expanded capabilities in our Energy Practice (October 2009)

Focus on Energy (October 2009)

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Recent cases and expanded capabilities in our Energy Practice (April 2009)

Focus on Energy (April 2009)

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Announcements
Bates White economist Jonathan A. Lesser featured at LSI utility rate case conference

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Bates White Partner, Nicolás Puga, examines U.S.-Mexico cross-border wind development at Border Energy Forum XV

Jonathan Lesser and Leonardo Giacchino, Bates White Partners, publish new book: Fundamentals of Energy Regulation

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Briefing papers
Spencer S. Yang and Xuejuan Su, Primer on Market-Based Rate Applications, Bates White briefing paper, 2009-E-10-1

Collin Cain and Jonathan A. Lesser, Retail Rate Comparisons and the Electric Restructuring Debate, Bates White briefing paper, 2008-E-11-01

Jonathan A. Lesser, Removing Electric Rate Caps Will Benefit the Pennsylvania Economy, Bates White briefing paper, 2008-E-07-1

Case Studies
Reasons for Oil Price Increases: Contract Dispute

Amaranth Market Manipulation

National Gas Distributors (NGD) Bankruptcy

Hot Fuels

Impact of Hurricanes on Construction Costs

Presentations
Christopher Gulick, “Asset Management Agreements,” presentation to the 2009 Energy Management Fall Meeting, Western Energy Institute (WEI)

Cross Border Renewable Energy Challenges and Opportunities: Discussion of Regulatory, Land, Infrastructure and Tax Issues / Baja Wind Energy Generation and Transmission: Potential for Development, presentation, Cross Border Climate & Renewable Energy: Opportunity for Trade & Investment conference, Institute of the Americas, La Jolla CA

Rate Recovery for Capital Intensive Generation: Rate Base and Construction Work in Progress

Wind Energy Resource Development Along the Baja California-U.S. Border: Progress and Potential Hurdles, Presentation, Border Energy Forum XV, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, México

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Economic and System Reliability Benefits of the Three Mile Island Generating Station

An Assessment of the Financial Performance Obligation Proposal by the American Forest & Paper Association

A Mean-variance Portfolio Optimization of California’s Generation Mix to 2020: Achieving California’s 33 Percent Renewable Portfolio Standard Goal (Report for the California Energy Commission, July 2007)

Financial Risks Faced by Regulated Utilities: Implications for the Cost of Capital and Ratemaking Policies

Cost Recovery for Demand-Side Programs through Revenue Decoupling: An Economist's Perspective

Ensuring Consistent Environmental and Competition Policies in Electricity Markets

Recent Developments in U.S.-Mexico Electricity Trade: A Tale of Two Borders

“Renewable Energy Resources in the Baja California Border Area and the Clean Development Mechanism” (in Spanish)

Cost Reflective Tariff Setting Approaches

Appropriate Regulatory Framework to Facilitate Entry of Piped Gas into the Market

Improving Governance of the Energy Sector

Alternative Regulatory Structures and Rate Tariff Mechanisms: Practical Approaches to Providing Low-Cost, Environmentally Responsible Energy and Avoiding Some Dangerous Pitfalls

Why is transmission not getting built?

Empirical Analyses of Wholesale Electric Competition and Industry Restructuring

Economics and Energy Regulation: Implications and Challenges for the Electric and Natural Gas Industries

“Déjà vu All Over Again?” Nuclear Power in Future Electric Rate Cases

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Press releases
Bates White’s Nicolás Puga and KEMA, Inc., advise California Energy Commission on Costa Azul (Baja), Mexico, LNG terminal and storage expansion

Bates White’s Nicolás Puga and KEMA, Inc., advise California Energy Commission on Mexico/U.S. cross-border natural gas and electricity issues

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Three Mile Island shut down would be detrimental to Pennsylvania electricity consumers, according to Bates White study

Bates White economist, Jonathan Lesser, speaks on AF&PA FPO proposal at FERC conference

Bates White economists Jonathan A. Lesser and Leonardo R. Giacchino participate in LSI Utility Rate Cases seminar

Bates White issues report on need for new high-voltage transmission line in Virginia

Bates White economist Leonardo R. Giacchino featured at South African National Energy Summit

Boris J. Steffen publishes article on regulations and synergies in utility mergers in Financier Worldwide

Bates White Principal, Nicolás Puga, plays key role in FERC U.S.-Mexico electricity interconnection case

Bates White economist Jonathan A. Lesser keynotes and hosts Ohio Energy Law Seminar

Bates White economist Leonardo R. Giacchino featured at South African National Energy Summit

Bates White economist Jonathan A. Lesser to speak at Western Energy Institute Annual Meeting

Jonathan A. Lesser, Bates White economist, to present at LSI energy regulation conference

International energy executive, Nicolás Puga, joins Bates White’s Energy Practice

Command and Control Least Effective Approach to Environmental Issues, According to Bates White Energy Regulation Expert, Jonathan A. Lesser

Electricity industry restructuring not the cause of consumers’ price pain, according to Bates White economists Collin Cain and David DeRamus

Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser leads discussion of New England forward capacity market at national energy conference

Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser to speak at Energy in the Southwest 2006 Conference

Boris J. Steffen to speak at Platts 3rd Annual Utility M&A conference

International economist, Dr. Leonardo R. Giacchino, joins Bates White’s Energy Practice

Vermont Journal of Environmental law invites Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser to participate in its “Energy & the Environment” symposium

Mr. Boris Steffen and Dr. Jonathan Lesser testify in the merger proceedings of Exelon Corporation and Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSEG)

Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser to present on economic impacts of energy regulation

Mr. Collin Cain to present on market challenges and opportunities for the nuclear power industry

Bates White publishes article on reliability markets in Public Utilities Fortnightly

Dr. Spencer Yang presents on the impact of transmission constraints in a market power analysis

Dr. David DeRamus presents at FERC conference on generation market power and affliate abuse

Halbert White invited to speak at FTC conference on oil industry merger effects

Bates White Principal Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser published in major utility journal

Energy expert Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser presents at Northeast Public Power Association’s 2004 Annual Conference

Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser joins Bates White’s Energy Practice

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) invites Bates White Partner Dr. David DeRamus to present at two technical conferences

Energy expert Dr. David DeRamus addresses Electric Power Supply Association spring meeting

Dr. Jonathan A. Lesser to deliver presentation on the economics of energy regulation

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Publications
Public Policy and Private Interests: Why Transmission Planning and Cost-Allocation Methods Continue to Stifle Renewable Energy Policy Goals

Asset Management Agreements

An Econometric Analysis of Recent Oil Price Movements: The Role of Political Events, Economic News, and Market Fundamentals

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Being Reasonable While Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the CAA

Renewables, Becoming Cheaper, Are Suddenly Passé

Measuring the Costs and the Benefits of Energy Development

Natural Gas Prices in a Recession

Comparative Analysis of Future Gas and Electric Infrastructure Options in the California/Mexico Border Region

Comparing the Benefits and the Costs of Energy Development

Current Status, Plans, and Constraints Related to Expansion of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants, Pipelines and Bulk Electric Transmission in the California/Mexico Border Region

New Source Review Is Still Anything but Routine

PV vs. Solar Thermal

Cap and Trade for Gasoline?

“Northern Mexico Has Big Wind Potential; New Wires, Cross-Border Cooperation Needed,” and “Mexico Could Be Wind Hotspot If Wires, Border Issues Are Solved”

Report of the Independent Expert in the Matter of the Public Utilities Commission Initial Decision in the 2008 Annual Review Proceeding for Belize Electricity Limited

Challenges and Opportunities to Deliver Renewable Energy from Baja California Norte to California (prepared for the California Energy Commission)

Seeing Through a Glass, Darkly, Banks Approach Coal-Fired Power Financing

Design of an economically efficient feed-in tariff structure for renewable energy development

Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Grass Was Not Greener Under Utility Regulation

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007: No Subsidy Left Behind

Control of Greenhouse Gases Difficult with Cap-and-Trade or Tax-and-Spend

Blowin’ in the Wind: Renewable Energy Mandates, Electric Rates, and Environmental Quality

No Leg to Stand On

Goldilocks Chills Out

Goldilocks and the Three Climates

Command and Control Still Lurks in Every Legislature

LSI Tele-Briefing: State of New York v. EPA

The Capactity Market Enigma: Why haven’t reliability markets developed?

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