At its May 13, 2024 open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a groundbreaking final rule—Order No. 1920 —requiring public utilities to undertake new long-term regional transmission planning over...more
At its May 13, 2024 open meeting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Order No. 1977,[1] which updates the process FERC uses when exercising its transmission siting authority under Section 216...more
6/13/2024
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NERC recently filed rule changes with FERC that propose to significantly expand NERC registration and compliance requirements to inverter based resources, such as renewable energy and battery facilities, that historically...more
On July 28, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a landmark order that reforms the generator interconnection process in response to a clear need for nation-wide improvements due to rapidly changing...more
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) is developing an expansion of its registration requirements to include certain owners and operators of inverter-based resources by creating a new registered entity...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is acting to improve the safety of hydroelectric generation projects. Hydropower regulation is the oldest area of FERC’s jurisdiction, dating back to the 1920s. The latest...more
As the cold weather season approaches, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) are taking action to prevent a repeat of the devastating electric power...more
FERC is in the process of gathering information and building a public record on technical and market issues that are prompted by the growing interest in “hybrid resources.” FERC held a technical conference in the summer of...more
3/23/2021
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a sweeping Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to dramatically reform its regulations that implement the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order clarifying that a bankruptcy court cannot unilaterally amend or reject a wholesale power purchase agreement (PPA) or wholesale power contract that is subject to...more
On January 8, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order terminating the rulemaking proceeding that it established to address DOE Secretary Rick Perry’s proposed Grid Resiliency...more