Announcement
Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth Second Annual Conference on Federalism and Energy in the United States

Thursday, November 14 - Friday, November 15, 2013, Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago, IL)

The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth presents the Second Annual Conference on Federalism and Energy in the United States to be held at Northwestern University School of Law on Thursday, November 14-Friday, November 15, 2013. The conference is co-sponsored by the Initiative for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University (ISEN).

OVERVIEW: This conference is organized by David Dana, Kirkland & Ellis Chair, Northwestern University School of Law.

The conference will feature balanced panels that will focus on:
- Clean Air Act, Greenhouse Gasses, and Cooperative Federalism
- Federalism Issues In Electricity Production, Transmission and Distribution
- Federalism and the Rise of Natural Gas
- The Dormant Commerce Clause and Preemption As Limits on State Regulatory Innovation: California's Cap-and-Trade and Low-Carbon Standard Experiments

REGISTRATION: There is no registration fee for this conference, but attendance is by invitation only. To request an invitation, please send an email message with your name, affiliation, and full contact information to Derek Gundersen at: d-gundersen@law.northwestern.edu

PROGRAM:

Thursday, November 14th

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 Welcome and Introduction
v Matthew L. Spitzer, Director, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth and Howard and Elizabeth Chapman Professorship, Northwestern University School of Law
David A. Dana, Kirkland & Ellis Chair in the Law School, Northwestern University School of Law

1:15-2:45 Session One - Clean Air Act, Greenhouse Gasses, and Cooperative Federalism

Jonathan H. Adler, Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Sean Donahue, Donahue & Goldberg, LLP
Susan Hedman, Regional Administrator, Great Lakes National Program Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Henry Henderson, Midwest Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
David R. Wooley, Of Counsel, Keyes, Fox & Wiedman LLP, Distributed Generation & Renewable Energy Law

2:45-3:15 Break

3:15-4:45 Session Two - Federalism Issues In Electricity Production, Transmission and Distribution

R. Andrew Butters, PhD Candidate, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Joel B. Eisen, Professor of Law, Austin Owen Research Fellow, University of Richmond School of Law
Alexandra B. Klass, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School
John Moore, Senior Attorney, The Sustainable FERC Project, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Doug Scott, Chairman, Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC)
David B. Spence, Professor, Law, Politics & Regulation and Co-Director, Energy Management & Innovation Center, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin
Daniel F. Spulber, Elinor Hobbs Distinguished Professor of International Business, Professor of Management Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law (Courtesy); Research Director, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth

5:00-6:00 Cocktail Reception

6:00-7:00 Conference Dinner

Friday, November 15th

8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:30 Session Three - Federalism and the Rise of Natural Gas

Michael Burger, Associate Professor, Roger Williams University Law School
Joshua Paul Fershee, Associate Professor, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, West Virginia University College of Law
Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law, Columbia Law School
Hannah Wiseman, Assistant Professor, Florida State University, College of Law
Joel F. Zipp, Senior Counsel, Holland & Knight

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:15 Session Four - The Dormant Commerce Clause and Preemption As Limits on State Regulatory Innovation: California's Cap-and-Trade and Low-Carbon Standard Experiments

Daniel A. Farber, Sho Sato Professor of Law; Co-Director, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law
Steve Ferrey, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School
David R. Hill, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, NRG Energy, Inc.
Howard A. Learner, President and Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC)
Jim Rossi, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School

12:15 Adjourn (box lunch available)

FURTHER INFORMATION: For more information regarding this conference or other initiatives of the Searle Center, please visit http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter, call (312) 503-1811, or send an email to searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu

ABOUT THE SEARLE CENTER: The Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth at Northwestern University School of Law was established in 2006 to research how government regulation and interpretation of laws and regulations by the courts affect business and economic growth. Information on the Searle Center's activities may be found at: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/searlecenter