On March 5, 2025, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) approved Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC’s (GPLNG) request to extend a deadline to begin exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal facility currently...more
3/10/2025
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Wind energy projects along the coasts are facing uncertainty due to President Trump’s Presidential Memorandum issued on January 20, “Temporary Withdrawal of All Areas on the Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore Wind Leasing...more
2/20/2025
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On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order on remand (the Order) reinstating a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line...more
2/3/2025
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On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order Terminating Proceeding in Docket No. PL21-3, Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure...more
1/29/2025
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On January 20, 2025, and throughout his first week in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) outlining his priorities for the domestic energy industry and setting forth policy preferences that...more
1/24/2025
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On January 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more
On December 16, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Proposed Penalty proposing to assess staggering civil penalties against American Efficient,...more
1/9/2025
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On November 21, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued Order No. 1920-A addressing requests for rehearing and clarification of FERC’s landmark final rule on transmission planning and cost...more
President-elect Trump has been outspoken about his intent to reverse many of the Biden administration’s clean energy legislative and regulatory actions. We expect that the second Trump administration will seek to repeal...more
11/11/2024
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Interstate oil, liquid and refined products pipelines regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will soon be able to raise their transportation rates (provided they were set using FERC’s popular Index rate...more
On March 21, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued its Compensation for Reactive Power Within the Standard Power Factor Range Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which proposes to prohibit...more
On October 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to submit new or modified Reliability Standards that address the impacts of...more
On October 23, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order that will permit Trailblazer Pipeline Company LLC (Trailblazer) to convert its approximately 400-mile-long natural gas pipeline system to...more
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued orders on two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects sponsored by Rio Grande LNG, LLC (Rio Grande) and Texas LNG...more
In Fore River Residents Against the Compressor Station v. FERC,
decided on July 21, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ended long-running litigation over the Federal Energy Regulatory...more
On July 3, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order confirming a more aggressive posture towards scrutinizing the ability of investors to exercise control over public utilities...more
Effective July 1, 2023, oil and liquids pipelines regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and charging so-called “index” rates will be able to increase their rates by over 13 percent. FERC announced this...more
On May 4, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing titled “Hearing to Conduct Oversight of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.” This alert provides a high-level summary of the discussion....more
For the fourth straight meeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the fourth since Willie L. Phillips was appointed its acting Chair, an order aimed at improving the reliability of the nation’s electric...more
On Monday, April 17, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) decided California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley, which ruled that the Energy Policy and Conservation Act...more
In February 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its West Coast Offshore Wind Transmission Literature Review and Gaps Analysis (“Transmission Review”) aimed at identifying areas where additional transmission...more
On March 6, 2023, the California Independent System Operator Corp. (“CAISO”) released an Issue Paper and Straw Proposal outlining proposed modifications to its interconnection procedures in light of the significant volume of...more
On February 16, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued an order approving two new extreme cold weather reliability standards for generation resources proposed by the North American...more
On January 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a Final Rule directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to file for FERC review new or modified...more
On November 17, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued three orders (available here, here and here) with the objective of updating North American Electric Reliability Corporation...more