EBA Energy Law Academy Course 101: FERC Regulation of Natural Gas
CONTENT SCOPE
- Different types of regulation and the regulation of energy utilities
- Regulatory independence
- Role of governments in setting policy and legislative framework for regulators
- Regulator role, due process, and binding decisions
- Basics of cost of service economic regulation
- Basic legal ground rules, i.e., “administrative law”, statutory authority Natural justice & procedural fairness
- Quasi-judicial hearing process: notice, right to a coherent & understandable procedure
- Legal principles governing regulatory tribunals including the rule against bias
- Appeals and judicial review
- Specific cases that regulators should be aware of: Baker, Consolidated Bathurst
- Natural Gas Industry 101
- Natural gas market
- Consumer demands
- Science of natural gas
- Pipelines and other gas industry infrastructure
- Technology development
- Emissions reduction efforts and other policy goals
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