On January 15, 2021, the Department of Energy (DOE) stated[1] that it intended to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking later this year as directed under the May 2020 Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power...more
On December 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) issued an order (“Prohibition Order”) that prohibits certain utilities from procuring specific bulk power equipment from China. The Prohibition Order is part of the...more
In a September 1, 2020 order the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) overturned longstanding precedent and denied a renewable developer’s application to designate a solar-plus-storage hybrid facility as a small...more
In a consequential case addressing the jurisdictional boundaries of federal and state authority over energy policy, on July 10, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued its...more
Earlier this month, the May 1, 2020 Executive Order (EO) on Securing the U.S. Bulk-Power System (BPS) was issued, and we wanted to pass along the following comments/insights about such EO. We find that it is helpful first to...more
Seth Lucia authored an article for Law360 that discusses gaps in the regulatory and market landscape related to “renewable-plus-storage” hybrid projects, and how organized markets are working to initiate efforts to revise...more