Peter
S.
Glaser
Partner
Washington, D.C.
Business Phone:
202.274.2998
Business Fax:
202.654.5611
peter.glaser@troutmansanders.com
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Peter practices in the energy and environmental law fields. He represents electric utility, mining and other energy industry companies and associations, as well as other businesses, on regulatory and commercial matters. He specializes in environmental regulation and litigation, particularly in the area of air quality and global climate change. He has participated in numerous EPA rulemakings and judicial appeals and in various state, federal, and local siting and permitting proceedings. Given his strong background, he has been asked to testify before Congress three times on climate change issues. Peter has also represented numerous coal producers and coal purchasers on a variety of commercial and contract matters, including litigated disputes, and his experience extends to proceedings before the STB and FERC.
Representative Experience
Advocates for clients on air quality issues, particularly those affecting electric generation, mining and other energy-related activities, in state and federal judicial, regulatory and legislative venues.
Participates in various EPA and other federal and state rulemakings and judicial appeals affecting the environment and represents clients in environmental permitting and compliance matters.
Represents clients in state and federal energy facility siting and certificate of need proceedings.
Expert on greenhouse gas regulatory, litigation and legislative matters, including testimony before Congress on climate change issues.
Negotiated hundreds of coal and rail contracts and contract amendments, litigated coal contract disputes in federal and state court, litigated rail contract disputes in federal court and before the Surface Transportation Board, and served as party arbitrator in coal contract dispute.
Experience extends to electric regulatory and commercial matters.
Recent Selected Work:
Response to Questions of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, September 4, 2008.
Brief of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. Petitioner vs. United States Environmental Protection Agency, No. 07-1151 & No. 08-1057,
Testimony of Peter Glaser on Strengths and Weaknesses of Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under Existing Clean Air Act Authorities, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 10, 2008.
Testimony of Peter Glaser on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, March 13, 2008.
Testimony of Peter Glaser and John Cline on EPA’s Approach to addressing Greenhouse Gases in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 8, 2007.
UMWA v. Brushy Creek Coal Company, 7th Circuit decision, October 18, 2007.
UMWA v. Brushy Creek Coal Company, 7th Circuit brief.
CAIR Industry-Intervenor brief, August 30, 2007.
Testimony of Peter Glaser on Potential GHG Regulation under the Clean Air Act, United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, April 24, 2007.
Brief of Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation in State of New Jersey v. EPA, No. 0501097 (D.C. Cir.) (Clean Air Mercury Rule litigation).
Brief of Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation in Commonwealth of Massachusetts et. al. v. EPA, No. 05-1120 (U.S. Supreme Court), October 24, 2006.
Brief of Industry Petitioners in Utility Air Regulatory Group, et al., v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al. , No. 05-1353 (D.C. Cir.), April 14, 2006.
Order on Summary Judgment in United Mine Workers of America, et al., v. Brushy Creek Coal Co., et al., No. 04-CV-4249-JPG (Southern District of Illinois), April 11, 2006.
Order on Summary Judgment in United Mine Workers of America, et al., v. Brushy Creek Coal Co., et al., No. 04-CV-4249-JPG (Southern District of Illinois), January 18, 2006.
Brief of Xcel Energy in BNSF Railway Company, v. Surface Transportation Board and United States of America, No. 05-1030 (D.C. Cir.), December 8, 2005.
Brief of Utility Defendants on Personal Jurisdiction Issues in State of Connecticut, et al., v. American Electric Power Company, Inc., et al., No. 04-CV-05669, and, Open Space Institute, Inc., et al., v. American Electric Power Company, Inc., et al., No. 04-CV-05670, (Southern District of New York), September 30, 2004.
Brief of Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation in Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al., v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 03-1361 (D.C. Cir.), November 2, 2004.
Brief of Center for Energy and Economic Development in CEED v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 03-1222 (D.C. Cir.), May 24, 2004.
Publications and Speaking Engagements
Mr. Glaser speaks and writes frequently on energy and environmental policy, including, most recently:
American Bar Association Teleconference: "A Simple Remand or a New Era for Stationary Source Permitting? EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board Decision in Deseret Power Electric Cooperative and CO2 BACT," December 15, 2008.
Troutman Sanders Memorandum: EPA Environmental Appeals Board Decision in Deseret Electric Power Cooperative: Issues and Implications, December 15, 2008.
“The Electric Utility Industry In Uncertain Times: All You Need is Money,” Edison Electric Institute, December 4, 2008.
“Potential Regulation of Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act,” Business Roundtable, Washington, D.C., November 20, 2008.
EPA Climate Change ANPR: What It Means For Stationary Sources, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, October 30, 2008.
"Climate Change Legal Issues," Georgetown University Law School Federalist Society, September 25, 2008
"Particulate Matter Issues in the Mining & Minerals Processing Industries," Wyoming Mining Association, Montana Coal Council, Nevada Mining Association, Troutman Sanders Law Firm, Mcvehil-Monnett Associates, September 17, 2008.
Climate Change Regulation in the Ag Sector: Prospects and Concerns, American Farm Bureau Federation, September 9, 2008.
American Bar Association Teleconference, Clean Air Act Application to Stationary Source Greenhouse Gas Emissions, July 16, 2008.
Climate Change ANPR Tutorial, Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, July 3, 2008.
“Global Warming Solutions: Regulatory Challenges and Common Law Liabilities Associated With The Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide,” The Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, Volume 6, No. 2, Summer 2008
“Will EPA Be Forced to Issue Climate Change Endangerment Finding?” Washington Legal Foundation, Legal Opinion Letter, Volume 18, No. 11, May 16, 2008.
Climate Change Litigation Watch, Law Seminars International Second Annual Conference on Climate Change Regulation and Policy, Arlington, Virginia, April 15, 2008.
GHG Litigation Presentation for Climate Change in the Sunshine State in Orlando, FL, February 13, 2008.
Carbon Regulation Briefing for United States Climate Partnership Association in Washington, DC, November 28, 2007.
“Three Federal Courts Reject Public Nuisance as Climate Change Control Tool” Washington Legal Foundation, Volume 17, No. 24, November 2007.
GHG Regulation & Litigation Presentation for the Southeast Air Quality Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 4, 2007.
"Massachusetts v. EPA Global Warming Decision: What Does It Mean?" ABA's Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 22, Number 2, Fall 2007
The Supreme Court's Global Warming Decision and What Happens Next, Panel Discussion, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, April 11, 2007.
Global Warming and the Clean Air Act in the Supreme Court: The Massachusetts v. EPA and Duke Energy Decisions, Panel Discussion, Georgetown University Law School, April 8, 2007.
What does Massachusetts v. EPA Mean? Peter Glaser and Douglas Henderson, April 4, 2007.
Guest appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. EPA with an opposing expert, November 29, 2006.
Global Warming in the Courts: An Overview of Current Litigation and Common Legal Issues, Georgetown University Law School, November 10, 2006
The Transmission Project Development Renaissance, Review of Transmission Projects in the West (moderated panel), Washington, D.C., October 6, 2006
CO2 Litigation and Regulation: An Overview of Recent Events, American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy & Resources, Fall Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 6, 2006 (co-presenter)
The New Frontier Power Summit, Transmission Siting In Today's Regulatory Environment, San Diego, CA, April 19, 2006 (moderated panel)
Greenhouse Enters the Courthouse, Natural Gas and Electricity, April 2006.
CO2 Litigation and Regulation, An Overview of Recent Events, EUCI Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a Contrarian Perspective, American Bar Association, Environment, Energy & Resources Section, January 26, 2006.
CO2 Litigation and Regulation, An Overview of Recent Events, Conference on Corporate Strategies for Reducing Utility Emissions, Miami, FL, December 6, 2005.
CO2 Litigation and Regulation: An Overview of Recent Events, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, October 5, 2005.
Court Rejects Activists' Suit to Force Federal CO2 Limits, Washington Legal Foundation, Vol. 15, No. 19, September 23, 2005.
New Source Review: Outstanding Legal Issues, American Coal Conference, Columbus, OH, March 15, 2005.
CO2 Nuisance Litigation - Tip of the Iceberg?, Electric Utilities Environmental Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 2005.
EPA Has No Business Regulating CO2, American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Trends, March-April 2004.
Key Issues Update for Air and Climate, Edison Electric Institute 2004 Spring Legal Conference, Scottsdale, AZ.
Work Experience
Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2004-present
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Partner, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, PA
Partner, Duncan, Weinberg & Miller