Reed Smith’s fourth annual global Energy & Commodities Conference in Houston on Thursday, October 25, 2018, will present a comprehensive overview on the current landscape of regulatory challenges for energy projects and infrastructure.
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Washington, D.C.-based partners Colette D. Honorable, a former Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and her FERC team co-leader, Regina Y. Speed-Bost, will lead a panel discussion on “Navigating Regulatory Potholes.”

They will be joined by Kelly Funderburk, Managing Director/Associate General Counsel and lead U.S. commodities counsel for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commodities.

This presentation will address a number of the most pressing issues before the FERC today, including, but not limited to:

  • The DOE/FERC Resilience Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)
  • Tax reform/master limited partnership (MLP) tax issues
  • FERC’s interstate pipeline policy/certificate review
  • Recent developments in enforcement