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Product description
The latest comprehensive review of wind law.
Wind law is a burgeoning area of energy law as the U.S. tries to diversify sources of alternative energy. With so much happening so quickly, this timely volume of laws, regulations and rulings is valuable to all attorneys involved in energy law. Whether you represent an energy company, municipality, state or federal agency, or a party wishing to lease out a property for a wind farm, you'll want to turn here first.
This publication covers the following:
From litigation over the location of wind farms to drafting the right documents, to federal, state and local government incentives (including tax credits), here are the topics you need to know, including:
» Major elements of the wind energy lease
» Conveyance
» Severance of wind rights
» Litigation, permitting and legislative efforts
» Transmission issues
» Energy purchase agreements
» Offshore leasing
» Compliance with ERCOT protocols and other relevant laws and regulations
The newest kind of farm in America deserves your attention!
Now's the time to get up to speed, whether you represent developers, property owners or others. Regardless of the jurisdiction within which a wind issue arises, you can depend on this publication for the facts, figures and forms, plus up-to-date analysis of issues by experts on every aspect of wind law.
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Table of contents
Chapter 1 Wind Energy in the United States
Chapter 2 Major Elements of the Wind Energy Lease
Chapter 3 Conveyances, Leases and Easements
Chapter 4 Severance of Wind Rights
Chapter 5 Tax Incentives
Chapter 6 Litigation
Chapter 7 Transmission Issues
Chapter 8 Sale of Wind Energy
Chapter 9 Offshore Wind
Chapter 10 Environmental Statutes and Litigation
Appendix 1 License Agreement
Appendix 2 Lease and Grant of Easements Agreement
Appendix 3 Pooling Agreement
Appendix 4 Royalty Clause with Pooling Provision
Appendix 5 Accommodation Agreement
Appendix 6 Option Contract for Purchase of Easement and Form of Easement
Appendix 7 Reservation of Wind Royalty
Appendix 8 Ratification of Wind Energy Lease and Grant of Easement
Appendix 9 Resolution
Appendix 10 Guidelines and Criteria for Granting Tax Abatements in Reinvestment Zones from Lynn County, Texas
Appendix 11 Order Designating Reinvestment Zone from Borden County, Texas
Appendix 12 Tax Abatement Agreement Between Lynn County, Texas and WindTex Energy, LP for Lynn County Wind Farm
Appendix 13 Martin County Tax Information
Appendix 14 Agreement for Limitation on Appraised Value
Appendix 15 Standard Generation Interconnection Agreement
Appendix 16 PPA Agreement
Appendix 17 Onshore Wind Lease
Appendix 18 Offshore Wind Lease