Anti-Trust Guidelines

It is extremely important that UWIG members, meeting attendees, and speakers understand that the provisions of the anti-trust laws regulate their conduct at UWIG meetings. Following are a list of guidelines to keep in mind during conversations at UWIG meetings.

What You Can't Do

1. Do not enter into any agreements with competitors regarding or affecting prices.
2. Do not discuss your company's current price with competitors.
3. Do not agree with competitors on pricing or profit levels,
4. Do not agree with competitors to give or deny cash discounts or promotional allowances.
5. Do not agree with competitors to give or deny credit to a specific customer, or to establish uniform credit terms.
6. Do not agree with competitors to deal or not to deal with any customer or agree on the prices to be charged to a specific customer.
7. Do not discuss allocation of markets.
8. Do not enter into agreements with competitors' price quotations or bids.

What You Can Do

1. Discuss better ways to educate and provide meaningful information to UWIG members about the industry.
2. Discuss economic trends, business forecasts, and materials availability, emphasizing that each company is free to use this information in the way it sees fit and should make its own business decisions.
3. Provide a properly structured environment for the exchanging of credit.
4. Discuss Federal and State governmental actions and relevant industry-wide lobbying efforts.
5. Discuss technological advances and better ways to utilize them.
6. Discuss ways to help UWIG undertake its mission.

These guidelines have been prepared for the Utility Wind Integration Group by the Association's anti-trust council as part of its Anti-Trust Compliance Program.