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Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Wholesale Distribution Service Tariffs For Energy-Storage Facilities Are In The Works For The Northeast

As energy storage facilities (“ESFs”) are developed and deployed in the Northeast, questions about how ESFs will be charged for use of the electric distribution system while participating in wholesale markets have become...more

Morgan Lewis

How Recent FERC Orders Are Regulating Electric Storage, QFs, and Inverter-Based Resources

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Regulatory developments include FERC’s orders on electric storage resources participating in the wholesale markets, qualifying facility eligibility, and reliability rules for inverter-based resources....more

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Storage Participation in Wholesale Markets

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Regulatory developments include FERC’s orders on electric storage resources participating in the wholesale markets, qualifying facility eligibility, and reliability rules for inverter-based resources....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

DER Aggregations in RTO/ISO Markets: An Update on FERC Order No. 2222 Compliance and Implementation

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In September of 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued Order No. 2222, requiring Regional Transmission Organizations (“RTOs”) and Independent System Operators (“ISOs”) to adopt rules...more

Bracewell LLP

FERC Directs RTOs and ISOs to File Reports on Hybrid Resources

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On January 19, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued an order directing each Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) and Independent System Operator (“ISO”) to submit information...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Seeks Information from RTOs/ISOs on Hybrid (Generation + Storage) Resources

On January 19, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed the nation’s six Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (RTOs/ISOs) to submit reports on the integration of “hybrid”...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

FERC Order Removes Barriers for Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Wholesale Markets

On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued Order No. 2222 (the “Order”) to allow for the greater participation of distributed energy resource (“DER”) aggregations in organized wholesale...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Election 2020: What Would a Biden Win Mean for the U.S. Electric Power Sector?

Part One - As the 2020 election nears, the Democratic campaign has begun to talk policy specifics regarding energy and climate change. Although the Trump administration undertook to dismantle many Obama-era policies and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Wholesale Markets Opened to Small Energy Producers

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On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made it possible through aggregation for small solar, bio-mass, wind, storage, demand response and other distributed energy resources to bid competitively...more

White & Case LLP

Opting In (or Out): FERC’s Approach to Integrating Electric Storage and Distributed Energy Resources

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In a breakthrough final rule, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission carves out space in wholesale markets for the aggregation of distributed energy resources. Earlier in the summer, the US Court of Appeals for the DC...more

Perkins Coie

FERC Plants the Seeds for DER Aggregators’ Participation in the RTO/ISO Markets: Work Must Be Done to See What Will Grow

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order 2222 on September 17, 2020. The order amends its regulations with the expansive goal of removing barriers to distributed energy resource (DER) aggregations’ participation...more

Troutman Pepper

FERC Opens Door for Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Wholesale Electric Markets

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On September 17, 2020, FERC issued a final rule (“Order No. 2222”) amending its regulations to require Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (“RTO/ISO”) to revise their tariffs to facilitate the...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Grid of the Future? FERC Opens the Door to Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources

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On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted Order No. 2222, which paves the way for aggregated distributed energy resources to participate in the nation’s “organized” wholesale electricity...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

D.C. Circuit Backs FERC on Electric Storage Rule

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or “Commission”) Order No. 841, a 2018 rulemaking addressing electric storage resources. The purpose of Order no...more

Blank Rome LLP

D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC’s Rules Encouraging Electric Storage Participation in Wholesale Markets

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On July 10, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied challenges1 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC” or “Commission”) final rule on electric storage...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC’s Electric Storage Rule

In a consequential case addressing the jurisdictional boundaries of federal and state authority over energy policy, on July 10, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued its...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC’s Energy Storage Rule Upheld on Appeal

On July 10, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was well within its rights to prevent states from prohibiting energy storage resources from participating in wholesale...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Takeaways from the 2019 Solar + Storage Midwest Conference for the Ohio Solar Sector

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In November 2019, the Solar Energy Industries Alliance (SEIA) and the Smart Electric Power Association (SEPA) hosted the Solar + Storage Midwest Conference. (This conference was formerly named the “Solar Power Midwest”...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

FERC Rules on Order No. 841 Compliance Filings

In February 2018, as part of its efforts to remove barriers for electric storage resources, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its final rule on electric storage participation in organized markets (Order...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Commissioners Offer Insights into Their Agenda for the Future

Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission testified in oversight hearings before a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding recent actions taken by the FERC to ensure that the nation has...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CT Legislature Charges Energy Storage Market with Unlimited Electric Utility Investments

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The Connecticut General Assembly energized the rapidly-growing energy storage market this week by enacting legislation that authorizes the electric distribution utilities to own and rate-base wholesale storage generation...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Affirms Energy Storage Rule, Denies State Opt-Out

In an Order on Rehearing and Clarification issued at its May open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or “Commission”) generally affirmed Order No. 841, its 2018 Final Rule on electric storage. Electric...more

K&L Gates LLP

Energy Storage Handbook Vol. 4

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The power practice has updated the popular resource, the Energy Storage Handbook. This Energy Storage Handbook (Handbook) is designed to be a basic primer on what energy storage is, how it is regulated by federal and state...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Staff Seeks Clarification of Proposed RTO/ISO Tariff Revisions to Facilitate Participation of Energy Storage Resources in...

Energy storage resources such as pumped storage hydroelectric generators, lithium ion batteries, and flywheels, are becoming increasingly significant in maintaining the reliability and resilience of the interstate electricity...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee Announces Ambitious Agenda for Addressing Electric Industry Regulatory Issues

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee has announced an ambitious agenda for addressing a myriad of regulatory issues affecting the wholesale electricity industry during 2019. ...more

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