On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a landmark final rule implementing transmission planning and cost allocation reforms intended to promote the more efficient and...more
5/23/2024
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Compliance ,
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FERC ,
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Jurisdiction ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Shareholders ,
Tariffs ,
Transmission Planning ,
West Virginia v EPA
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC’s”) Order No. 860 required all entities authorized by FERC to sell electric energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services at market-based rates (“MBR Sellers”) to submit baseline...more
7/6/2022
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ISOs ,
Natural Gas ,
New Regulations ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Policies and Procedures ,
RTO ,
Sales
On August 13, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approved a settlement to resolve allegations that Tyson Foods, Inc. (“Tyson”) exceeded the CFTC’s position limits for soybean meal futures...more
On April 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued its much anticipated policy statement on carbon pricing in organized markets. The non-binding policy statement provides guidance...more
On March 18, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order on rehearing of its landmark final rule, Order No. 2222, pertaining to the participation of distributed energy resources (“DER”) through an...more
Over Presidents’ Day weekend 2021, an unprecedented cold weather event hit the Midwest and South central United States. The storm led to major disruptions to infrastructure throughout the region, including icy road...more
At the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”), President Joseph Biden selected Richard Glick, one of two Democratic commissioners on the five person commission, as Chairman. The Chair sets FERC’s...more
On December 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) adopted a final rule (“Final Rule”) regarding the potential for certain fuel cell systems to attain qualifying facility (“QF”) status pursuant to...more
Last week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order Approving Stipulation and Consent Agreement involving High Desert Power Project, LLC (High Desert) and Middle River Power LLC. (Middle River) to...more
On October 15, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued a Proposed Policy Statement regarding carbon pricing in organized wholesale electricity markets.
In short, the statement...more
On February 12, 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) settled charges against AMP Global Clearing LLC (AMP), a futures commission merchant (FCM), for the company’s failure to adequately supervise one of its IT...more
3/13/2018
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Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach Plans ,
Data Loss Prevention ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Information Governance ,
Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Third-Party Service Provider ,
Vendors
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) recently released its annual report on enforcement activities for 2014. As is typical, Enforcement identified its primary concerns as...more