The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently approved an innovative new method to help unlock merchant transmission development in the Western United States. The new subscriber participating transmission owner...more
As part of its continuing efforts to streamline the generator interconnection process and address the nationwide backlog of interconnection requests, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has responded to requests...more
On July 28, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued a long-anticipated final rule adopting reforms to streamline the generator interconnection process and address the nationwide...more
On November 29, 2022, FERC issued an order approving a proposal by PJM to reform its interconnection procedures to enable it to process new interconnection requests more efficiently. The PJM reforms represent one of several...more
On June 16, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to reform its standard large generator interconnection procedures and pro forma interconnection agreement to address the...more
At its September 17, 2020, meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a groundbreaking order that will enable aggregators of distributed energy resources (“DERs”) located on utility distribution systems...more
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a final rule that largely adopts FERC’s proposed revisions to its regulations under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”)....more
On May 1, 2020, the President issued Executive Order 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System” (“E.O. 13920”) to address what the Trump Administration considers to be national security threats to the U.S....more
6/17/2020
/ Bulk Electric System ,
CFIUS ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Suppliers ,
National Security ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration
On May 1, 2020, the President issued Executive Order 13920, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System (“E.O. 13920”),” to authorize restrictions on “bulk-power system electric equipment” if there is a connection to a...more
In a pair of rulemaking orders issued July 18, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) revised its regulations and policies for obtaining and maintaining authority to sell wholesale energy, capacity and...more
8/12/2019
/ Capacity Market ,
Data Collection ,
Databases ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure ,
Mitigation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
RTO ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Upstream Contracts ,
Utility Rates ,
Wholesale
On April 19, 2018 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) adopted reforms to the procedures (LGIP) and pro forma agreement (LGIA) pursuant to which generators can interconnect with electric utility transmission grids....more
On February 15, 2018 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final rule directing regional transmission organizations and independent transmission system operators to revise their rules to facilitate the...more
On September 29, 2017, the Secretary of Energy submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a notice of proposed rulemaking to support electric grid resiliency. The notice states that changes to wholesale market...more
10/12/2017
/ Annual Meeting ,
Coal Industry ,
Electricity ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure ,
ISOs ,
NPRM ,
Nuclear Power ,
Power Grid ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
RTO ,
Wholesale
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a declaratory order on October 4, 2017, confirming that the purchase and sale of passive tax equity interests in project companies or their upstream owners does not require...more
As momentum builds for wide-scale development and deployment of electric energy storage technologies, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been taking a fresh look at how it can facilitate the integration of...more
In its final meeting of 2016, FERC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in which it proposes changes to its standard interconnection rules and agreement for generators with a capacity of more than 20 megawatts. The proposed...more
12/23/2016
/ Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Interconnections ,
Large Generators ,
NPRM ,
Public Comment ,
RTO ,
Transmission Grid ,
Utilities Sector ,
Utility Rates
On June 16, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 827, a final rule that eliminates exemptions for wind generators from the requirement to provide reactive power services as a condition of taking...more
On June 2, 2016, FERC approved revisions to the California Independent System Operator's open access transmission tariff that facilitate the participation of small, distribution level energy generation, storage and...more
In a unanimous opinion issued on April 19, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a Maryland program designed to incentivize construction of a new natural gas plant. The Court concluded that the program infringed upon the...more
On March 4, 2016, over the objections of the developer and a dissent from Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, FERC issued an order authorizing the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. to terminate a generator...more
On January 25, 2016, in a 6-2 decision delivered by Justice Kagan, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Federal Power Act to require wholesale market...more
1/27/2016
/ Certiorari ,
Demand Response ,
Electricity Costs ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Policy ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
FERC v Electric Power Supply Association ,
Power Grid ,
Regulatory Standards ,
SCOTUS
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 ("EPAct 2005") established a national policy to encourage reliable and affordable demand response services. Demand response refers to the ability of retail electric customers to reduce or shift...more
10/27/2015
/ Certiorari ,
Chevron Deference ,
Demand Response ,
Electricity ,
Electricity Costs ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Policy Act ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
FERC v Electric Power Supply Association ,
Manufacturers ,
Regulatory Standards ,
SCOTUS ,
Utilities Sector
At its October 2015 meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued Order No. 816, a final rule adopting proposals to update its market-based rate program. In addition, FERC denied rehearing and granted...more
10/21/2015
/ Compliance ,
Electric Generation Suppliers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
ICIF ,
OATT ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Power Plants ,
Solar Energy
On March 19, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 807, a rule that makes it easier for developers of non-utility transmission lines that connect power projects to the grid to avoid having to...more
3/27/2015
/ FERC ,
ICIF ,
Interconnections ,
Land Developers ,
OASIS ,
Power Plants ,
Safe Harbors ,
Third-Party Relationships ,
Transmission Grid ,
Transmission Lines ,
Waivers
On June 19, 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR") proposing to revise its policies for applications to sell energy, capacity, and ancillary services at...more