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Are the Obama administration and Congress really going green? The 2008 elections were filled with promises of new investment in clean energy and efficiency, including the Obama-Biden "New Energy for America" plan. This session will include a discussion on pending energy-related legislation, as well as the energy policy initiatives anticipated from the Obama administration and current Congress.
Attention energy counsel or in-house counsel who deal with energy issues: Here is your chance to receive a review of the latest federal and state energy laws and regulations likely affecting you now. Your regulatory peers will provide you with a comprehensive legislative update to include an overview of recently passed legislation, including an update on the Energy Policy Act and renewable energy legislative efforts.
This training course explains the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Standards of Conduct in simple, understandable terms. It includes pop quizzes, news clippings and a final quiz highlighting real-world compliance issues that employees should learn to recognize and respond to appropriately.
Who buys your company’s energy? An increasing number of companies have energy managers tasked with purchasing energy and managing the related costs. This program included a review of what in-house counsel need to know about arrangements for purchasing and managing fuel and electric service agreements. Panelists included representatives and in-house counsel from the North American Energy Standards Board, commodity markets, large end users, and energy suppliers.
When it comes to green, the focus is no longer just on cars and smokestacks. Society at large—legislators and regulators in particular—are focusing on the third largest cause of greenhouse gases: commercial office and retail buildings. Learn from a panel of authorities about the types of environmentally enlightened actions and purchases that commercial-building owners and occupants will volunteer (or be required) to make—and how those actions and purchases affect the legal department.
This webcast transcript examines changes to the Canada-US Tax Treaty that will affect withholding tax rates on certain cross border payments. The presenters provide insight on possible restructuring solutions and discuss changes to Canada's Income Tax Act as they pertain to the energy industry.