FERC s First Post-Order No. 872 Request for Relief from the PURPA Purchase Mandate
Interestingly, it was two Generation and Transmission cooperatives (ETEC and NTEC) that submitted the first QM filing under Order No. 872 and 18 C.F.R. §§ 292.309, .310, seeking relief from having to buy from small power production QFs (SPP QFs) over 5 MW. They filed their joint application
prior to the effective date of the Order No. 872, taking some risk that their application could be rejected on this ground. (They had never sought relief from the PURPA must-purchase obligation before, so FERC presumably will process the application as to over 20 MW.) They are seeking relief for their member cooperatives as well. Perhaps the most interesting issue to watch in this case is FERC s response to the adequacy of the discussion of how the G&T cooperatives distribution-owning members would work with any >5 MW SPP QF to ensure interconnection and wheeling services will be provided. The applicants not
It is often easy to assume that only parties which live in the United Kingdom are required to pay UK value added tax (VAT). However, UK VAT is often paid by individuals, trustees and companies which are resident outside the United Kingdom but use the services of professionals which are based in the United Kingdom. The extent to which VAT is or is not chargeable has changed as a result of Brexit and the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. This article considers the new post-Brexit VAT position.
Post-Brexit position
From a UK supplier s perspective, an EU customer is now treated in much the same way as a customer in the United States or another non-EU country. In summary, this means that supplies to business customers, subject to various exceptions, continue not to attract VAT. There is even better news for EU non-business customers in that services from UK professionals will no longer attract VAT (subject to various exceptions – most noticeably, UK land-related servi
Introduction
EU Regulation 2018/1139 enables airlines that operate in more than one EU member state under multiple air operator certificates (AOCs) to obtain a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AOC (for further details please see New basic regulation will revise aviation landscape ).
EASA – headquartered in Cologne, Germany – is responsible for safety oversight and certification for all aircraft with an EASA AOC. Thus, the EASA AOC enables airlines which have aircraft registered in different European states to report to a single competent authority in relation to safety oversight and certification, which may significantly reduce costs.
However, the aviation authorities of the countries in which the aircraft are registered continue to exercise regulatory control over other matters (eg, carriers operating licences and route permits).
In two previous verdicts a district court found that prorogation of jurisdiction can be validly agreed in a yacht insurance contract, even where consumer interests are concerned and the contract requires that legal proceedings be brought in a court in the insurer's home country. In a recent decision, a high court found that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) should be asked for a preliminary ruling. The question for the ECJ is does the EU directive regarding 'large risks' include vessels bought for private use?
structural telework, which is regulated by Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) Number 85; and
occasional telework, which is regulated by the Act on Workable and Agile Work.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a third category has been added: COVID-19 telework, which was previously recommended but has now been made compulsory again by the government. Until recently, this COVID-19 telework category was a
sui generis regime for which no legal framework had been developed. However, the National Labour Council has now concluded CLA Number 149, which creates such a legal framework.
The new CLA Number 149 does not apply to companies that already had a structural or occasional telework regime in place before 1 January 2021 that was included in a CLA, an individual agreement or a telework policy.