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New Jersey Delays Its Next Offshore Wind Solicitation for Transmission Planning

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that its third solicitation with a capacity target of 1,200 megawatts for New Jersey’s offshore wind (OSW) development will now be released by January 2023, instead...more

Jolting the Grid: US DOE Begins Implementing Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

On January 13, 2022, the US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent regarding its Building a Better Grid Initiative (Initiative), an effort to encourage the modernization of the nation’s existing electric...more

Texas Commission Proposes New Generator, Utility Weather Requirements and Opens Fast-Track Rulemaking Proceeding

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has issued draft regulations to implement new electric weather-related requirements set forth in Texas Senate Bill 3 (SB 3), which was enacted in response to what the PUCT...more

US FERC Announces New Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission

On June 17, 2021, the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order (Order) establishing a new Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission (Task Force), calling for nominations for...more

Critical Pipeline Cybersecurity Directive Released

In the wake of the May 2021 ransomware attack on a major US oil pipeline, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has released a security directive (the “TSA Directive”) to...more

Texas Bills Would Burden Renewable Generation

The Texas House of Representatives and Senate are considering three similar, but not identical, legislative drafts that could impose substantial grid charges directly on renewable generation businesses....more

More Polar Vortex 2021 Fallout: 2nd PUCT Commr. Resigns, Lt. Gov. Calls on PUCT or ERCOT to "Fix" $16B "Error"

On March 8, 2021, Commissioner Shelly Botkin resigned immediately from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), leaving the PUCT with only one sitting commissioner. Somewhat unusually, under Texas’ Public Utility...more

More Polar Vortex 2021 Fallout (and Texas Two-Step): Monitor for ERCOT Identifies Improper Payments for Ancillary Services and...

On March 1, 2021, Potomac Economics, the Independent Market Monitor (IMM) for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), filed a report with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) that certain payments were...more

US Energy Regulator Considers Financial Requirements for Hydropower Projects

Under the Federal Power Act (FPA), the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) licenses and regulates over 1,600 hydroelectric project dams, diversions, and related hydropower facilities....more

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