• Developing Energy Infrastructure
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• Overcoming Regulatory Hurdles
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• Strategic Guidance on "Bet the Company" Issues

Electricity Practice

• Developing Energy Infrastructure

• The Next Generation of Coal-Fired Power Plants
  The FutureGen project is a $1 billion effort by the Department of Energy and a consortium of private companies to build the world's first zero-emissions coal-fired electric power plant incorporating carbon sequestration by 2012. Van Ness Feldman serves as General Counsel to the industry consortium.
  Related Practices: Advanced Coal & Fossil Fuels, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Policy, Environment, Project Development & Permitting

• Overcoming Regulatory Hurdles

• New York Power Authority Secures New 50-Year License for the Niagara Power Project
  Van Ness Feldman helped to obtain a new 50 year license for the continued operation of the largest FERC-licensed hydroelectric facility in the United States.
  Related Practices: Electricity, Hydropower, Policy Development & Strategy, Project Licensing and Compliance, Transactions

• Strategic Guidance on "Bet the Company" Issues

• Cutting Edge Advice on Global Climate Change
  When the CEO of a Fortune 500 multinational energy company decided to commit the company to a proactive position on strategy on global climate change, the company retained Van Ness Feldman to assist in devising and implementing its new approach.
  Related Practices: Climate Change, Electricity, Energy Policy, Environment