The Decision: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued Opinion No. 569-A, refining the methodology it established in Opinion No. 569 for setting the return on equity ("ROE") that electric utilities earn on...more
The Decision: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's ("FERC") Opinion No. 569 establishes new methodologies under Federal Power Act ("FPA") Section 206 for (i) determining whether existing electric utility transmission...more
On April 14, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a decision that could cause short-term uncertainty for electric utilities, whose rates for transmission service, including the allowed rate of return,...more