On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a final rule expanding its siting authority over the construction and modification of electric transmission facilities within National Interest...more
5/30/2024
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On February 8, 2024, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") published a white paper titled "Potential Bulk Power System Impact of Electric Vehicle Chargers." The White Paper informs electric vehicle...more
On December 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a Notice of Inquiry ("NOI") seeking comment in early 2024 on whether and how to revise its policy on blanket authorizations for investment company...more
On May 18, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") took one more step in its ongoing efforts to enhance and protect the reliability of the bulk power system by approving a work plan submitted by the North...more
On February 16, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") approved[1] two new extreme cold weather Reliability Standards proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC"): EOP-011-3...more
In a win for independent power producers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit" or the "Court") recently affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC's") "send-out"...more
Continuing a recent trend in which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") has been directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to improve or maintain the reliability of the nation's...more
2/6/2023
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On December 15, 2022, FERC issued an order directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to study the efficacy of its physical security reliability standard in light of a rash of recent physical...more
"Better late than never" was Commissioner Christie's sentiment when he addressed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC's") unanimously approved issuances concerning inverter-based resources ("IBRs"). In a series...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is proposing new reliability requirements that will apply to renewable and storage resources. On November 17, 2022, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NOPR") to...more
To combat the climate crisis, the United States has committed to achieving 100 percent clean electricity production by 2035 and attaining net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Meeting these ambitious goals will involve a...more
On February 1, 2022, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., submitted a compliance filing (Filing) in response to Order No. 22221 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). That order removed barriers to participation by...more
On January 20, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop new or modified standards that...more
On July 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) that seeks public comment on a number of potential reforms to improve the electric regional...more
Introduction - In a perfunctory ruling on July 16, 2020 (Order),1 dismissing a petition filed by the New England Ratepayer's Association (NERA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) declined to assert...more
In a forceful rejection of several legal challenges, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion on July 10, 2020, upholding FERC's Order No. 841, which directed wholesale market operators to establish market...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on June 18, 2020, requesting comments on potential enhancements to the current U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability...more
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) electric regulation has traditionally put resources into defined categories (generation, transmission, distribution), but energy storage devices defy easy categorization. They can...more
On May 1, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order on “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System,” reflecting the administration’s larger concern over national security risks from foreign participation in key U.S....more
In response to a motion by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and consistent with the policy statements and pronouncements reflecting flexibility in addressing proceedings during a pandemic, FERC...more
On Wednesday, March 18, FERC and NERC jointly announced that they were exercising their regulatory discretion to consider the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the ability of operators of the bulk electric system to comply...more
In an order issued on January 12, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) rejected an application by Monongahela Power Company (“Mon Power”), a franchised public utility subsidiary of...more
On January 8, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued an order declining to conduct a rulemaking proposed by Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry to that would create rate...more
On August 1, 2016, the New York Public Service Commission (the “NYPSC” or “Commission”) issued an Order Adopting a Clean Energy Standard (CES Order). In the CES Order, the Commission adopted the State Energy Plan (“SEP”) goal...more
In an important order (“Order”) issued on May 21, 2016 in its Reforming the Energy Vision (“REV”) proceeding, the New York Public Service Commission (“NYPSC”) announced the details of a new paradigm to govern the relationship...more