News & Analysis as of

Electricity Energy Storage Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 9, Issue 4, April 2025

Welcome to our fourth issue of Currents 2025. We are covering a multitude of issues in this edition, but we want to pass along a couple of announcements first. Again, thank you for reading! The Data Center Boom...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Petitioners Seek FERC Clarification Regarding Jurisdiction Over Proposed Storage-Based Transmission Project Between Puerto Rico...

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On February 10, 2025, Pluvia LLC (“Pluvia”) filed a petition for a declaratory order, asking FERC to clarify its jurisdiction to issue a preliminary permit for the construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission...more

Morgan Lewis

How Recent FERC Orders Are Regulating Electric Storage, QFs, and Inverter-Based Resources in 2025

Morgan Lewis on

Regulatory developments include FERC’s actions on electric storage resources participating in the wholesale markets, co-location of large electric loads, qualifying facility eligibility, and reliability rules for...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FERC Accepts NYISO’s Proposal Regarding their 2025-2029 Demand Curve Reset

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On January 28, 2025, FERC accepted the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (“NYISO”) proposed revisions to its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff (“Services Tariff”). The revisions define the...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update 8.29.24

Allen Matkins on

California will solicit up to 2 GW of long-duration energy storage resources as part of a 10.6 GW centralized procurement for emerging clean energy technologies to be deployed between 2031 and 2037, the California Public...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Energy Law: Month in Review - June 2024

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. ...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Climate Law Matters Newsletter: Energy & Climate Newsletter - June 2024

Foley Hoag LLP on

In This Issue: Battery and Energy Storage Systems - 2023 was a banner year for energy storage in the United States. Statistics reported by Wood Mackenzie show that in 2023 alone, energy storage deployment across all...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

This Week’s Climate Policy Update - June 2024 #2

Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Wholesale Distribution Service Tariffs For Energy-Storage Facilities Are In The Works For The Northeast

As energy storage facilities (“ESFs”) are developed and deployed in the Northeast, questions about how ESFs will be charged for use of the electric distribution system while participating in wholesale markets have become...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Energy Law: Week in Review - March 2024

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on

Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Week in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments from the previous week....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC November 2023 Open Meeting Preview

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its November Open Meeting on Thursday, November 16, 2023. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice issued November 9, 2023 indicates FERC’s intent to act on several...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FERC Accepts ISO-NE’s Proposal to Treat Electric Storage Facilities as Transmission-Only Assets

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On October 19, 2023, FERC accepted ISO New England Inc.’s (“ISO-NE”) proposal to allow electric storage facilities to be planned and operated as transmission-only assets (“SATOAs”) to address system needs identified in the...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Generator Debrief: October Open Meeting Yields Orders Mandating Standards for Inverter-Based Resources and Acceptance of...

At its October Open Meeting, FERC accepted ISO-NE’s proposal to permit energy storage resources to operate as transmission resources, issued a final rule mandating the adoption of reliability standards for Inverter-Based...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Distributed Generation 2.0: What You Need to Know

Troutman Pepper Locke on

As expanded opportunities such as tax incentives continue to impact the landscape, it is important to understand the fundamentals – such as the players, their roles, and their relative risk profiles. In this video, Troutman...more

Hogan Lovells

New FERC rule to unclog the interconnection queue, accelerating connection of new power to the grid

Hogan Lovells on

On July 27, 2023, U.S. electricity regulators issued a Final Rule to streamline and speed up the connection of new power projects to the electric grid – implementing reforms that could ease the growing backlog of proposed...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

FERC Final Rule on Interconnection Queue Reform Seeks to Speed Up Interconnection Queue Processing

Facing more than 2,000 gigawatts of energy generation and storage waiting in transmission system interconnection queues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has voted to adopt a final rule to revise its pro forma...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

NERC is Expanding Registration Requirements to Include Certain Renewable Generators and Battery Facilities

Husch Blackwell LLP on

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

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - 3.31.23

Allen Matkins on

Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced Monday. Renewables also surpassed nuclear generation for the...more

Morgan Lewis

Storage Participation in Wholesale Markets

Morgan Lewis on

Regulatory developments include FERC’s orders on electric storage resources participating in the wholesale markets, qualifying facility eligibility, and reliability rules for inverter-based resources....more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - November 2022

Allen Matkins on

U.S. residential solar market in growth mode, although market changes lie ahead - PV-Tech – October 27 - The U.S. residential solar market saw its fifth consecutive record for both customer additions and quarterly...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - September 2022

Allen Matkins on

U.S. homeowners add rooftop solar at record pace to cut power bills Bullet The Orange County Register – August 29 U.S. households will install a record amount of solar this year to help slash electricity bills, according to a...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - June 2022 #4

Allen Matkins on

FERC plans to accelerate grid connection to new power generation T&D World – June 17 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week issued a proposed role on solving “significant current backlogs” in grid...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

FERC Proposes Broad Reforms to Interconnection Process

At its June 16, 2022, open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements, 179 FERC ¶...more

K&L Gates LLP

Unclogging the Interconnection Queues – FERC Proposes Interconnection Reform

K&L Gates LLP on

At its open meeting on 16 June 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on interconnection reform in response to its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Building...more

Allen Matkins

Renewable Energy Update - April 2022 #4

Allen Matkins on

FERC proposes expanded state role in effort to spur transmission development - Utility Dive – April 22 - State utility regulators would have a major role in regional transmission planning and determining how to share the...more

96 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 4

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide