Update on FERC Pilot Project Process

On October 2, 2007, FERC held a public hearing and technical conference on a proposed expedited process for pilot projects. Carolyn Elefant, legislative and regulatory counsel for OREC, delivered an abbreviated version of these comments which will be filed with the Commission. In addition, you can view the full transcript of the FERC conference at this link. We’ve […]

Two Important MMS Developments

On Monday, November 5, MMS held an invitation only conference call to announce two important initiatives. Both Sean O’Neill, OREC’s President and Carolyn Elefant, Legislative and Regulatory Counsel, participated in the call. First, MMS announced that it has issued the Final Programmatic EIS for alternative energy development on the OCS. Back in May, OREC filed draft comments […]