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Bill Westerfield is an associate at Ellison, Schneider & Harris, a California law firm specializing in energy, water and environmental law. His practice focuses primarily on the California energy market, with an emphasis on renewable energy issues and utility regulation. He has extensive experience providing counsel on permitting of energy facilities, renewable energy issues, solar energy development, renewable energy credits or "green tags", utility regulation and the emerging field of greenhouse gas emission regulation. Bill also has significant experience as an environmental enforcement attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice where he led enforcement efforts of Federal air quality, water quality and hazardous waste laws. Bill has successfully appeared in civil actions before a variety of federal district courts and state administrative bodies | 