During the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) open meeting on April 17, 2025, Chairman Mark Christie vigorously criticized PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM) for arguing that its regional transmission project approval...more
4/22/2025
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Devon Energy Production v Sheppard ,
Energy Projects ,
FERC ,
PJM ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Authority ,
State and Local Government ,
Transmission Lines ,
Transmission Planning ,
Utilities Sector
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled "Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy" that directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and three other federal agencies to...more
4/16/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron Deference ,
Deregulation ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
FERC ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Notice and Comment ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Sunset Provisions ,
Trump Administration
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) on Feb. 20, 2025, initiated a review of issues associated with the co-location of large loads (such as data centers) at generating facilities in the PJM...more
2/26/2025
/ Capacity Market ,
Cost Allocation ,
Data Centers ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure ,
Order to Show Cause ,
PJM ,
Reliability Standards ,
Transmission Grid
Co-located load – will it help keep the lights on when the impending onslaught of new electrical load hits the nation's grid in the upcoming years? Questions regarding an aging grid that is being stretched thin and whether...more
11/11/2024
/ Data Centers ,
Economic Development ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) ,
ISOs ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Power Grid ,
Public Utilities Commission ,
Regulatory Standards ,
RTO ,
Technical Conference
In response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed on June 22, 2022 (Petition), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on March 21, 2024, seeking additional information...more
After a five-year wait, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has denied rehearing of its 2017 order in Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P., 161 FERC ¶ 61,219 (2017) (Magellan) that declared Magellan Midstream...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Dec. 15, 2022, proposed an important new set of regulations to implement certain changes recently passed by Congress to the agency's authority to license new interstate...more
12/21/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Comment Period ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Transmission Grid ,
Transmission Planning ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (180 FERC ¶ 61,052 (2022))(Proposed Rule) on July 28, 2022, that would impose a sweeping "duty of candor" across all energy industries...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on July 28, 2022, that would permit regional transmission organizations (RTO) and independent system operators (ISO) to share among...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) on July 28, 2022, issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that would impose a broad "duty of candor" on "all entities communicating with the Commission or other...more