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Fred Bosselman, Jim Rossi & Jacqueline Weaver,

Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials

(Foundation Press 2000)

This page contains links to significant legal documents and developments since publication of the First Edition. As we move toward preparing a new edition, the page will provide a forum for sharing materials that may be included in the Second Edition of the casebook.

Chapter 5 (Coal)

Chapter 11 (Wholesale Electric Power Competition)

Town of Norwood v. New England Power Company, 202 F.3d 408 (1st Cir. 2002) – filed rate doctrine precludes price squeeze claim

FERC's Regional Transmission Organization materials and activities

FERC’s Standard Market Design Rulemaking

-Commissioner Wood’s Testimony

-FERC RTO Map (2002)

Transmission Access Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 2000)

FindLaw Page for Accessing New York v. FERC, Enron Power Marketing, Inc. v. FERC (U.S. Supreme Court Nos. 00-568, 00-809, decided March 4, 2002)

Chapter 12 (Stranded Costs)

Verizon Communications, Inc. v. FCC (U.S. Supreme Court, 2002)

Chapter 13 (Retail Competition in Electric Power)

FERC's Order Proposing Remedies for California's Wholesale Electricity Market (November 2000)

Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, LL.C. v. Davis, 267 U.S. 1042 (9^th Cir. 2001) – filed rate doctrine precludes Governor Davis’ commandeering of contracts

FindLaw Page for Accessing New York v. FERC, Enron Power Marketing, Inc. v. FERC (U.S. Supreme Court Nos. 00-568, 00-809, decided March 4, 2002)

California Independent System Operator Corp. – partial price caps; FERC Order (July 2002); FERC Order on Rehearing (Oct. 2002)

FERC Staff Investigations re: Enron / Manipulation of Western Market –initial report (Aug. 2002)

FERC ALJ Decision on El Paso Natural Gas’s manipulation of California’s deregulated market (Sept. 2002)

Chapter 14 (Nuclear Power)