On May 9, 2025, fifteen democratic states (“Plaintiff States”) sued the Trump Administration in Washington District Court, claiming that President Trump’s executive order “Declaring a National Energy Emergency” (“Executive...more
5/22/2025
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Endangered Species Act (ESA) ,
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Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
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Oil & Gas ,
Permits ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State Attorneys General ,
Trump Administration
On April 24, 2025, FERC denied NGO Transmission, Inc.’s (“NGO Transmission”) application under 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (“NGA”) to abandon its jurisdictional facilities and reclassify them from jurisdictional transmission...more
5/8/2025
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PHMSA ,
Pipelines ,
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Transmission Lines
On April 10, 2025, FERC addressed arguments on rehearing that clarified, but did not modify the outcome of, a November 1, 2024, order (“Rejection Order”) rejecting PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposal to increase...more
4/24/2025
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Nuclear Power ,
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Service Agreements
On March 28, 2025, the D.C. Circuit denied a joint petition for review brought by Healthy Gulf and Sierra Club (together, “Petitioners”) challenging FERC’s grant of a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to...more
4/10/2025
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CEQ ,
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ,
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Environmental Policies ,
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Judicial Review ,
Natural Gas Act ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Sierra Club ,
Trump Administration
On March 30, 2025, FERC approved revisions to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) and Governing Documents to allow nine entities (“Expansion Members”) in the Western Interconnection...more
3/27/2025
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Energy Policy ,
FERC ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Infrastructure ,
Interconnections ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
RTO ,
Tariffs ,
Transmission Grid
On February 27, 2025, FERC granted a complaint filed by BP Energy Retail Company California LLC (“BP Energy” or “Company”) under sections 206 and 306 of the Federal Power Act appealing a penalty the California Independent...more
On February 20, 2025, FERC denied Great Basin Transmission, LLC’s (“Great Basin”) request for two transmission incentives for Great Basin’s Southwest Intertie Project-North Transmission Line and associated upgrades to Great...more
On January 24, 2025, FERC reinstated a certificate of public convenience and necessity (“CPCN”) for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s (“Transco”) Regional Energy Access Expansion Project (“Project”) after the D.C....more
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. On his first day in office, President Trump signed various executive orders effectuating administrative and policy changes across the...more
1/22/2025
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Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Executive Orders ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Offshore Wind ,
Oil & Gas ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Trump Administration
On November 1, 2024, FERC Commissioners led a technical conference at their headquarters in Washington, DC, on issues pertaining to co-locating large loads at generating facilities. FERC Commissioners asked questions of...more
On November 1, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) rejected an amended Interconnection Service Agreement (“ISA”) filed by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) that proposed increasing the co-located data...more
On September 19, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) denied Enerwise Global Technologies, LLC’s (“CPower”) complaint against PJM Interconnection, LLC (“PJM”) alleging that PJM’s Open Access Transmission...more
10/15/2024
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Demand Response ,
Electricity ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Policy ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure ,
Statistical Sampling ,
Tariffs ,
Wholesale