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].
Note, Indemnity Agreements will Protect the Indemnitee from his Own Negligence Only if the Obligation is Expressed in Unequivocal Terms. Joe Adams & Son v. McCann Construction Co., ___S.W.2d ___ (Tex. 1971) 50 Tex. L. Rev. 520. [Westlaw].
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.
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law