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CESR Consultation Paper on proposed amendments regarding mineral company disclosure (Denton Wilde Sapte)
  • On 23 April 2010, CESR published a consultation paper to amend its recommendations for the consistent implementation of the European Commission’s Regulation on Prospectuses no 809/2004 (CESR Recommendations) regarding mineral companies.
    • Natural Gas Market Tariffs Under Turkish Law (GSI Meridian)
  • Turkey holds a strategic role in natural gas between the world’s second largest natural gas market, Continental Europe, and the substantial gas reserves of the Caspian Basin and the Middle East.
    • New Energy Storage Bill Offers Tax Credits to Energy Storage Projects (Day Pitney LLP)
  • On July 20, 2010, new legislation was introduced in the Senate to provide investment tax credit ("ITC") to energy storage facilities. Senate Bill No. 3617, the Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2010 (the "STORAGE 2010 Act"), would offer up to $1.5 billion in tax credits to storage projects that are connected to the U.S. electric grid.
    • CFTC Designates Four Additional Electricity Contracts as SPDCs (Bracewell & Giuliani LLP)
  • The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued two orders on July 9, 2010, designating four monthly electricity contracts as Significant Price Discovery Contracts (SPDC) pursuant to section 2(h)(7) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).
    • Energy and Clean Tech Connections (July 2010) (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.)
  • In the July edition of Energy and Clean Tech Connections, we’ve gathered recent information from a wide variety of sources in an effort to keep you abreast of what’s new in the world of clean energy.
    • Circular Regulating the Operation of the Competitive Electricity Generation Market (Mayer Brown JSM)
  • In 2004, Vietnam passed the new Electricity Law that outlines the development of a competitive electricity market in 3 phases: in Phase 1, it is contemplated that a competitive power generation market would be established; Phase 2 envisions the development of a competitive electricity wholesale market, and Phase 3 involves development of a competitive electricity retail market.
    • CFTC Designates Mid-C Financial Peak and Off-Peak Contracts Significant Price Discovery Contracts; Mid-C Daily Contracts and Fuel Oil-180 Singapore Swap Are Not (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP)
  • In three orders published today in the Federal Register, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) designated the Mid-C Financial Peak (MDC) and Mid-C Financial Off-Peak (OMC) contracts traded on the IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE) as "significant price discovery contracts" (SPDCs).
    • Renewable Energy Update: Recent Treasury Guidance on the "Beginning of Construction" for the Section 1603 Cash Grant Program (Blank Rome LLP)
  • On June 25, 2010, the U.S. Treasury Department released additional guidance in the form of 25 frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) with respect to the "beginning of construction" requirement for renewable energy projects that may be eligible for a cash grant in lieu of an investment tax credit under section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
    • Gross Negligence: How Bad Does it Have to Be? (Bennett Jones LLP)
  • In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico, the legal term gross negligence has achieved prominence in the mainstream media.
    • Canada and India Broaden Mining Partnership in Anticipation of Major Changes to Indian Mining Legislation (Torys LLP)
  • Recent memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between Canada and India should facilitate greater access for Canadian companies to investment and other opportunities in India’s mining sector.