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Project Finance - October, 2013

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• $3.7B American Dream Mall Gets Roughly $800M In Bonds
• Pacific Climate Pact's Green Energy Goals No Easy Feat
• PE Buyers Helped Drive Energy Deal Making In Q3
• Alstom Forces Insurer To NY Arbitration In $33M Building Row
• Power Group Urges NJ To Reject PSE&G's $4B Outage Plan
• Va. High Court Says Tunnel Tolls Aren't Illegal Taxes
• Deals Rumor Mill: Oaktree Capital, Barrick, General Atlantic
• US Hands Record $1.6B To NY's Tappan Zee Replacement
• DOI Chief Orders Mitigation Policy For Energy Projects
• Mitsui Buys 20% Share In NYC Power Plant
• Barrick Suspends $8.5B Chilean Goldmine Construction
• Suncor Advances $13B Alberta Oil Sands JV With Total, Teck
• Anchor Tenant Gives $341M Philly Skyscraper Plan New Legs
• Blackstone Pitches $1.2B Cross-Border Green Power Line
• Pa. Sen. Seeks To Rein In Pro-Fracking Laws
• Peabody Coal Mine Expansion Dealt Setback By Enviro Group
• IFC Issues Enviro Report For $344M Pakistan Hydro Plant
• Canadian Solar Secures $100M Loan For Ontario Plants
• NRG Seeks Approval Of Wind Takeover In $2.6B Edison Merger
• Legal Demand Is Up — How Are Law Departments Managing?
• FERC Expert Leaves Dentons For Michael Best
• Pa. Appeals Court OKs Allentown Hotel, Arena, Complex
• 6th Circ. Won't Delay $1B Nickel Mine Project In Mich.
• Brookfield Raises $7B For Global Infrastructure Fund
• Enviros Sue Army Corps Over 150-MW Maine Wind Project
• NJ Receives $1.5B More In HUD Funds For Sandy Recovery
• Keystone Grabs Spotlight In Cross-Border Permit Bill Debate
• Wapiti Sues For Costs, Taxes In $375M Oil Field Sale
• Patton Boggs Launches Finance Practice Amid Merger Rumors
• US To Sharply Curb Funding Of Overseas Coal Projects
• Navy Says Its Review Of $715M Wharf Add-On Is Sound
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, RBS, CVSL
• Mainstream Awarded $910M South African Wind Farm Deal
• China New Energy To Build Cassava Biorefinery In Nigeria
• $14B Belo Monte Dam Project Shelved By Brazilian Court
• GDF Suez-Led Group Wins $729M Fusion Reactor Contract
• EIB Injects $210M Into Ukraine Metro Expansion Project
• NY Expected To See $6.3B In Sandy Aid In 2014
• FERC Official Pans Cross-Border Energy Line Permit Bill
• Dorsey Reps Mosaic In $1.4B Fertilizer Deal With CF Industries
• Statoil Eyes $6.8B Norwegian Sea Drilling Platform Expansion
• Crosstex Energy Invests $140M In Permian Basin Project
• Enviro Suit Over $3B Ind. Road Project Kept Alive
• Kirkland Reps Murray Energy In $3.5B Consol Coal Mines Buy
• Zeroing In On EPA Authority Over Stationary Sources
• US-Mexico Natural Gas Line Wins Initial Nod From FERC
• Texas PUC Vote Signals Move Toward Power Subsidies
• Green Group Says Army Corps Skimped $5.4B Highway Review
• BOEM Offers 39M Gulf Acres In Next Drilling Lease Sale
• 2 Australian LNG Projects Join Forces In Gas Swap Deal
• Idemitsu, AltaGas To Pay $842M For 2/3 Stake In Petrogas
• V&E Reps Pioneer In $550M Alaska Subsidiary Sale
• Whitehaven Wants Restructuring After Snafus At $735M Mine
• Duke Seeks Go-Ahead For 750-MW Gas Plant In SC
• Things To Consider Before You Invest In Myanmar
• Rio Tinto Sends $1B Aussie Mine Stake To Glencore, Sumitomo
• House Approves Water Projects Spending Measure
• Texas High Court Urged To Toss Tax Incentive Defamation Suit
• Loss Of Tax Credit Could Put Freeze On Renewable Mandates
• State Dept. Agrees To Hand Over Keystone Lobbying Docs
• BLM's Land Auction For Solar Projects Ends With A Flop
• More Proof Of Texas Courts' Split On Certificate Of Merit
• Climate Suits Making Headway With Ancient Legal Tool
• Fla. Regulators Advance $3.5B Gas Pipeline Plan
• DOI Pledges $162M For East Coast Storm Protection Projects
• Chevron Unit Scores Permits For $476M Australian Projects
• Central Asia To Spend $39B For New Roads, Rails To China
• EIB Backs Snam Natural Gas Projects With €365M In Loans
• Stonepeak Takes $660M Stake In La. LNG Export Project
• Colo. Land Sale To Jolt Utility-Scale Solar Projects
• ADB Grants $250M Loan For Bangladesh Water Project
• Mich. Crafts Fracking Rules With New Restrictions
• Delaware Turbine Challenger Loses TRO Bid
• US Offshore Wind Gathering Steam, DOE Report Says
• Harrisburg Controller Can't Stop City's Restructuring Plan
• FTC Gives Nod To Emera's $541M Capital Power Plant Buy
• Judge Urges Approval Of $247M Pa. Power Line Project
• Bill Barrett Nets $371M In Sale Of Utah Gas Field
• Deals Rumor Mill: McKesson, Icahn, Safeway
• 3 Health Care Questions For Construction Employers
• Fla. County OKs $94.5M For MLS Stadium, Citrus Bowl
• 10th Circ. Deals Blow To Wyo. Wind Farm Opposition
• Calif. Rule Is 1st Step On Road To Energy Storage Growth
• Fla. Gov. Eyes Tax Cuts, Limits On New Debt For Next Budget
• Sandy's 1st Birthday Beset By Worries About Climate Policy
• Judge Axes Suit Over ND Mining Regulators' Alleged Conflicts
• Courts Leave States Few Tools To Spur Plant Projects
• Estover Energy Gets Nod For $105M Wood-Fueled Power Plant
• E.ON Backs Out Of British Biomass Reactor Project
• Govs. Call For More Leeway On Green Energy Tax Credit
• White & Case Expands In Johannesburg With 5 Finance Attys
• Vinson Reps Plains All American In Gas Storage Co. Buyout
• Calif. Extends The Reach Of Renewables
• Vinson Lures Veteran Energy Project Atty From Bingham
• Chinese Customs Approves Oyu Tolgoi Copper Exports
• Union Drops Opposition To Mojave Water-Mining Project
• Army Contractors Hit With Suit Over Shale Development Deal
• UK Reaches Deal With EDF Group On £16B Nuclear Plant
• Vinson, Baker Botts Help Seal Devon-Crosstex Merger
• How To Prepare Witnesses To Make (Not Break) Your Case
• Ominous News For State Energy Commissions
• Ultra Petroleum Pays $650M For Utah Oil Fields
• CPUC Adopts 1st Ever Energy Storage Targets For Utilities
• Set The Right Tone For Risk Mitigation, Home And Abroad
• Texas Courts Split On Certificate Of Merit
• SC Agency Appeals Ruling Halting Charleston Dock Project
• High-Stakes ESA Fight Threatens Overseas Development
• Occidental Sells $1.3B Stake In Pipeline Partnership
• Energy Investment Fund Drops $150M Into 2 Exploration Cos.
• NY Regulators OK Projects To Fill Potential Nuke Plant Void
• Omaha Utility Inks Deal For 400 MW From Neb. Wind Farm
• Vivint Solar Nets $540M In Financing For Expansion Plans
• SC High Court OKs County's Road Tax Referendum
• FERC OKs Market Efficiency Agreement With CAISO, SMUD
• Jury Axes Texas Lawyers' $42M Claim Against Former Client
• Fla. Lets Duke Energy Pass $3B In Nuke Costs To Customers
• Tougher Fed Rules Could Drive Banks From Commodity Biz
• Spectra Pipeline Could Disrupt Environment, Ohio Dept. Says
• The Good News About Investing In Iraq
• Cabot Brings In $188M For Oil, Gas Assets
• Bionol Trustee Settles Claim Over $165M Construction Deal
• Azure Takes Over BG Group, EXCO JV In $931M Deal
• Arbitration Ordered In SoCal Edison Wind Farm Dispute
• Enbridge Unit Asks FERC To Review Pipeline Rate Changes
• $1B Capital Plan To Upgrade Orlando Airport Wins OK
• Fla. Gov. Announces $35M In Port Projects Funding
• Euro Fracking Rule Spells Trouble For Shale Development
• Canada's Anti-Corruption Efforts Increase Risk For Cos.
• MoFo Adds Project Finance And Renewable Energy Pro In LA
• Itau Provides $370M Loan For Colombian Oil Terminal Project
• EU Clears $809M In State Aid For Polish, Greek Gas Projects
• NJ Subsidies For New Electric Plants Usurp FERC's Power
• CNOOC Inks Oil Field Services JV With Petroleum Brunei
• EU Approves Plan To Expand Ukraine's Gas Pipeline
• US-Mexico Border Drilling Bill Sails Through Senate
• US Water Utilities Stuck In Debt, Rate-Hike Cycle: Report
• Siemens-Led Group Wins €370M Maltese Power Project Bid
• No Letup In US Scrutiny Of Foreign-Backed Energy Projects
• Denver's Planned Northwest Rail Line Could Cost $1.4B
• AfDB Issues $500M In 3-Year Green Infrastructure Bonds
• Repsol Nets $121M In Spanish Oil Plant Sale To BP
• The Best Question To Ask Your Potential Outside Counsel
• IFC To Help Raise Up To $420M For Brazil Wind Project
• Energy Pro Kicks Off 2nd Tour Of Duty At Hicks Thomas
• French Fracking Ban Survives Constitutional Challenge
• Texas Greenhouse Gas Permit Plan Could Unlock EPA Backlog
• 22 Suitors Compete To Underwrite Vikings Stadium Bonds
• Kinder Morgan To Drop $74M On Eagle Ford Pipeline Extension
• IMF Will Fund Poor Countries With Gold Profits
• Riverstone Sinks $300M Into Texas Oil Exploration Firm
• Pa. Trade Group Offers Drilling, Fracking Guidelines
• Eminent Domain Pitfalls For Oil And Gas Operators
• 10th Circ. Refuses To Stop Keystone Pipeline Construction
• US Tosses Last Of Chinese-Owned Co.'s Wind Farm Suit
• Vinson Reps Crestwood In $750M Bakken Midstream Buy
• Baker Botts Reps Regency In $5.6B Deal For Pipeline Rival
• NYers Say Con Ed Can Fix Infrastructure Without Hikes
• Key Cases To Watch In State-Local Fracking Battles
• IFC Aims To Woo India Investors With $1B Bond Program
• Dominion Gets DOJ Antitrust OK For Offshore Wind Lease
• Local Laws Blocking Dominion Plant Preempted, Judge Rules
• 7th Circ. Draws Roadmap For 404 Review Of Large Projects
• Stonepeak Closes On $1.65B For Infrastructure Fund
• IFC Raises $1.2B For Infrastructure Fund
• Federal Default Could Knock NY For $2B Loop, Cuomo Warns
• EIB To Provide Peugeot $407M For Low Carbon Auto Tech
• Immunity Bars Rail Project Overrun Claim, Texas Court Told
• Jacobs Engineering Scores Big BP, NASA Contracts
• FAA Skimped On Cape Wind Risk Analysis, DC Circ. Told
• Mitsui Picks Up Stake In GDF Suez's Aussie Power Assets
• Brazilian Bank Lends $274M For 258-MW Wind Project
• Apicorp Becomes Major TAQA Shareholder With 5.6% Stake
• Future For Renewable Energy Has Never Looked Brighter
• Let's Really Consider The Idea Of A 2-Year Law Degree
• $1.25B Illiana Highway Moves Toward Green Light
• Orlando OKs $94.5M Plan For MLS Stadium, Citrus Bowl
• High Court Rejects Challenge To DOI Nix Of Drilling Leases
• Enviros Take Fight Over NC Bridge To 4th Circ.
• African Bank Injects $150M Into Zambia Power Plant Project
• High Court Snubs Gas Co.'s Siphoning Claim
• How The EPA Is Handling Gov't Shutdown
• Mining Magnate Buys Sizable Blumont Stake After Stock Drop
• TAQA To Develop Oil Field In Iraqi Kurdistan
• Abengoa Ensnared In EU's Oil Price Manipulation Probe
• Kan. Supreme Court Overturns Coal Plant Permit
• Crestwood Unitholders OK Plans For $8B Inergy Tie-Up
• FERC Gives Enviro OK To Williams NYC Pipeline Expansion
• B&W Gets DOE Contract For Work On $2.4B Clean Coal Plant
• The Best Cyberdefense Is A Good Offense
• Orlando Expressway Authority OKs All Aboard Florida Lease
• $1.2B In Mid-Atlantic Power Grid Upgrades Approved By PJM
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over California Offshore Fracking
• Too Late To Oppose Harrisburg Recovery Plan, Receiver Says
• $250M Wis. Wind Farm Project Gets The Green Light
• Blumont Halts $117M Miner Buyout Hours After Unveiling Deal
• Exxon Secures $1.5B For $19B Papua New Guinea LNG Project
• ADB To Provide $700M To India Infrastructure Projects
• Deals Rumor Mill: BlackBerry, Mergermarket, Societe Generale
• Considerations Before Counseling During Deposition
• Rio Tinto Group Passes Aussie Coal Mine To Linc Energy
• Ownership Not At Stake In Pa. Rail Crossing Cost Allocation
• Andrews Kurth Sets Up Shop In Mideast With Dubai Office
• Polish Power Cos. To Spend $181M On Gas Plant Upgrade
• BlackRock Latest Buyer In Canadian Solar Project Sell-Off
• Troutman Sanders Snares Energy Ace From Dickstein Shapiro
• Orlando Airport Authority OKs Rail Project Agreements
• Bank Backs €20M Risk Guarantee For Kenyan Wind Project
• EPA Rulemaking Shows Patient Approach To Carbon Capture
• Pa. Fracking Moratorium Bill Is Worse Than Misguided
• TransCanada Acquires 2 Ontario Solar Plants
• Renewables Will Face Standard Audits In Tax Credit Program
• GE Wins $600M Parts Contract For Russia LNG Project
• Liberty Interactive Invests $300M In $2B Abengoa Solar Plant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Cargill, Rio Tinto, Starwood
• Fla. Lets FPL Bill Customers $43M For Nuke Plant Projects
• Downfall Of Obama FERC Pick Shows Agency's Growing Clout
• Public-Private Partnerships Push Forward Despite Shutdown
• Judge Nixes Md. Order Subsidizing New Power Plants
• Rocky Road Ahead For New CEQA Reforms
• Ohio Drillers Can't Dodge EPA Chemical Reporting Regs
• JG Summit To Pay $1.7B For Meralco Minority Stake
• Chevron Signs Long-Term LNG Sale Deal For $29B Project
• Deals Rumor Mill: America Movil, Icahn, J&J
• Brazil Development Bank OKs $104M Funding For Cargill Plant
• Don't Conflate Shutdown And Debt Ceiling Challenges
• CB&I Launches Venture To Build Nuclear Plants In China
• EPA Fuels Up New GHG Emission Standards
• Infrastructure Funds Targeting Aggregate $97B, Preqin Says
• FERC Chief Nominee Calls It Quits
• US Government Shuts Down As Funding Fight Goes Nowhere
• Shutdown Will Grind New Energy Projects To A Halt
• BigLaw Braces For Revenue Hit In Federal Shutdown