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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 8, Issue 8, August 2024

Welcome to the eighth 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. Is Nuclear the Panacea to Data Center Load Growth? Per public data, after years of relatively flat load growth around the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

The Supply/Demand Problem: Reading the Signals from the Recent PJM Capacity Auction

The United States is facing a supply and demand problem in the electric sector, raising serious concerns not only about energy affordability but the reliability of the grid. On Tuesday, July 30, 2024, PJM Interconnection,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

NYISO Pushes Back Anticipated Compliance, Cluster Study Dates After FERC Order No. 2023-A

Interconnection reform is coming to New York State—right on (a slightly revised) schedule. In response to the issuance of a rehearing and clarification order on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Order No. 2023...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC’s Broadview of PURPA

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On February 14, 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC’s broad definition of qualifying facilities (“QF”) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”). In Broadview Solar, LLC, 174 FERC ¶...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Approves ISO-New England’s Implementation of Capacity Market Design Changes and MOPR Elimination

On Friday, May 27, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order approving ISO-New England’s proposed tariff revisions, which phase out the ISO’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) by 2024...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

PJM’s ‘Focused’ Minimum Offer Price Rule Takes Effect by Operation of Law

In a notice issued on September 29, 2021, FERC stated that it did not act on PJM Interconnection LLC’s (PJM’s) proposed reforms to the application of the Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR) because the Commissioners are divided...more

Bracewell LLP

FERC Staff Issues White Paper on Hybrid Resources; Seeks Industry Input

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On May 26, 2021, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) staff issued a white paper regarding the current status and use of hybrid resources – e.g., co-located generation and storage facilities – in wholesale markets,...more

Troutman Pepper

FERC Upholds ISO-NE CASPR Program on Rehearing

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On November 19, 2020, FERC upheld its March 2018 order addressing ISO New England, Inc.’s (“ISO-NE”) Competitive Auctions with Sponsored Policy Resources (“CASPR”) proposal to integrate certain state-supported resources into...more

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FERC Rejects NYISO Buyer-Side Mitigation Proposal Aimed at Clean Energy Transition

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On September 4, 2020, FERC rejected the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (“NYISO”) proposed revisions to its buyer-side mitigation (“BSM”) rules that sought to prioritize storage, wind, solar, and other...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

It’s the Energy Markets, Stupid (And Energy Markets Are Complex)

This week, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office released a white paper documenting the results of a symposium convened last fall to discuss how electric markets should be organized to manage the transition to a “low /...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FERC Continues to Squeeze Renewable Resources Participating in Wholesale Electric Capacity Markets

On February 20, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission” or “FERC”) issued several orders narrowing New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (“NYISO”) buyer-side market power mitigation rules in its...more

King & Spalding

Impact of the Delayed PJM Base Residual Auction on Excess Cash Flow Sweeps Under Construction Financings

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In a July 25, 2019 order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) directed PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) not to conduct the Base Residual Auction (“BRA”) to procure capacity for the 2022-2023 delivery year in...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

CAISO Seeks Stakeholder Feedback on Hybrid Resource Market Participation

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is accepting stakeholder comments until August 13, 2019 on its new Hybrid Resources Issue Paper, kicking off a stakeholder initiative expected to proceed until April 2020....more

White & Case LLP

Capacity Market Developments in the UK: the UK introduces interim changes to the capacity market whilst Tempus Energy's crusade...

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The UK announces interim measures for dealing with the capacity market in the standstill period imposed by the Tempus Decision. In the meantime, Tempus Energy is pursuing national legal action against the UK as well as...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

FERC Issues NOPR to Eliminate Horizontal Market Screens for Certain MBR Sellers

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) on December 20 proposing changes to its regulations regarding the horizontal market power analysis required for market-based...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Rejects Electric Generators’ Request to Adopt Centralized Capacity Market in California

In June 2018, CXA La Paloma, LLC (“La Paloma”) filed a complaint at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or “the Commission”) seeking to require the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to implement a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Generators Urge FERC to Adopt Centralized Capacity Market in California

A coalition of electric generators in California has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or “the Commission”) to require the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to implement a centralized capacity...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Energy Storage Update - 2018

Battery energy storage is the most significant development for the electric grid since the explosive growth in renewables deployment over the past decade. Efforts to promote energy storage are moving rapidly throughout the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Mexico Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Criteria for Capacity Auctions

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Mexico's Energy Reform, established in 2013, opened opportunities for supply and trading of energy at the Electricity Wholesale Market (Mercado Eléctrico Mayorista or MEM) and the use of national transmission lines and...more

Hogan Lovells

Brexit White Paper: energy market remains largely in the dark

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The UK Government published its White Paper on The Future Relationship between the UK and the EU on 12 July 2018. In that White Paper, the UK Government reaffirmed its commitment to broad cooperation on energy post Brexit,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FERC Issues Order to Mitigate the Impact of State Preferences on the PJM Capacity Market

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Stakeholders in the PJM capacity market can submit comments to FERC in an expedited paper hearing regarding the form of mitigation. Key Points: ..FERC issued preliminary findings that state preferences may suppress...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Carbon Pricing Update: Assessing NYISO’s Carbon Pricing Straw Proposal

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) recently released a Carbon Pricing Straw Proposal (Proposal) to advance the State’s energy and environmental goals by reflecting the cost of carbon emissions in wholesale...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Grapples with Accommodating State Policies in Wholesale Markets; Approves ISO New England Proposal for Subsidized Renewable...

Nearly a year after summoning stakeholders to discuss whether—and if so, how—the wholesale power markets should accommodate state policy goals, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) has taken a...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

CASPR: FERC Approves Changes To ISO-NE's Forward Capacity Auction

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On March 9, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in a split vote approved ISO-New England Inc.’s (ISO-NE) proposed tariff revisions intended to accommodate the entry of additional clean energy resources into...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Capacity Market Vicini Alla Completa Attuazione

Lo scorso 7 febbraio è stato reso noto che la Commissione europea ha sancito la compatibilità del mercato italiano della capacità (cd. capacity market) con la normativa UE in tema di aiuti di Stato....more

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