Raymond J. Batla
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law
Articles
Storage Injections Found “Used And Useful," 8 Natural Gas 22 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410080109.
City‐level interference into interstate gas business stopped, 7 Natural Gas 23 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410070710.
Gathering: Tenth circuit resists the irresistible, 7 Natural Gas 23 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410070109
Per eighth circuit, FERC can control pipeline gathering, 7 Natural Gas 21 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410071109
Retroactive rates ruin regulators' decisions, 7 Natural Gas 26 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410070511.
States may not sue LDCs on behalf of customers, 7 Natural Gas 26 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410070212.
Supreme court refuses to hear take-or-pay deficiency ruling, 7 Natural Gas 20 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410070409.
Tenth circuit largely reverses $412 million award to Colorado interstate gas, 6 Natural Gas 11 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060605.
Court denies retroactive billing of order 94 costs, 6 Natural Gas 7 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410061004.
FERC foiled in flip‐flop on capacity brokering, 6 Natural Gas 13 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060706.
Can states sue LDCs on behalf of residential customers, 6 Natural Gas 11 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060805
Section 311 decision to increase LDC opportunity, 6 Natural Gas 1 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410061102.
States may not review interstate pipeline projects environmentally, 6 Natural Gas 12 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060906.
Environment: New markets for natural gas from environmental issues, 6 Natural Gas 24 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060510.
Litigation: FERC claims bypass jurisdiction overrides state's franchise law, 6 Natural Gas 7 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060103.
Litigation: Fifth circuit overturns FERC gathering decision, 6 Natural Gas 8 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060203.
Litigation: Fifth circuit vacates another FERC order, 6 Natural Gas 10 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060305.
Litigation: Order 500 joins order 451 on the critical list, 6 Natural Gas 1 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410060502.
Supreme Court Rejects Attack on Federal User Fees, 5 Natural Gas 6 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410051101.
Bypass Litigation–Proliferating at FERC, 5 Natural Gas 8 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050702.
FERC Certificates WyCal Despite Environmental Issues, 5 Natural Gas 6 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050901.
FERC's Orange and Rockland Decision–Cloud over Cogeneration, 5 Natural Gas 12 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050204.
GIC Settlements‐Battle for Dominance over Gas Sales, 5 Natural Gas 11 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050304.
New Era of FERC Oversight over State Cogeneration Rules, 5 Natural Gas 12 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050404.
Open-Season Markets Pressure FERC Participants to Waive Ashbacker Rights, 5 Natural Gas 8 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050502.
Panhandle Decision to Lead to Greatly Increased Litigation, 5 Natural Gas 10 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050603.
Recent Developments in Retail Pass‐Through of Take‐or‐Pay Costs, 5 Natural Gas 7 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410051201.
Supreme Court Declines To Adopt Prudent‐Investment Rule, 5 Natural Gas 6 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050801.
The PCB Mess, 5 Natural Gas 12 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410050104.
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds “Use-lt-or-Lose-lt” Rule, 5 Natural Gas 6 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410051001.
Bypass–A Quandary Ripe for Resolution, 4 Natural Gas 10 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410041203.
Take-or-Pay Lawsuits–Additional Pipeline Defenses, 4 Natural Gas 10 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410041103.
Take‐or‐Pay Lawsuits–Pipeline Defenses, 4 Natural Gas 10 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410041003.
Take‐or‐pay Lawsuits– A Look at the Issues, 4 Natural Gas 10 (2007). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410040903.
Take-or Pay: Its Effect on Contracting Strategy in a Changing Gas Market, 3 Natural Gas 4 (1987). DOI: 10.1002/gas.3410030701
Reliance Electric, Occidental Petroleum, and Section 16(b): Interpretive Quandary over Mergers, 51 TEX. L. REV. 89 (1972). [Hein].
Book Review
Nevitt, Peter K., PROJECT FINANCING, (5th ed., Euromoney Publications, PLC 1989); PROJECT FINANCE YEARBOOK 1991/1992 (Stephen Syrett ed., Francesca Carnevale consulting ed., Euromoney Publications, PLC 1991), 13 Energy Law Journal 99 (1992).
Other
Charleston School of Law podcast, Ray Batla, Episode 9, July 2022.