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Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Energy Storage Sands Continue to Shift at Last NYISO Task Force Meeting Before Order No. 2023 Compliance Filing

On Friday, March 15, 2024, the NYISO hosted what is expected to be the last of its Interconnection Issues Task Force (“IITF”) meetings before making its FERC Order No. 2023 compliance filing on April 3, and it was clear that...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Updating the Hydro and Electric Energy Regulation: Alberta Reduces Filing Requirements for Power Projects

On March 6, 2024, the Alberta government proclaimed the Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act, 2022 (ESAA). The ESAA amends associated statutes and regulations such as the Alberta...more

McGuireWoods LLP

FERC Proposes Overhauling Electronic Quarterly Report Filing Process and Data Submission

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On Oct. 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM23-9-000 to modify filing processes for Electronic Quarterly Reports (EQRs) and revise and...more

Perkins Coie

Hydrogen Time? New Possibilities for Energy Companies in the Public Sector

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Two decades ago, well before the current electric vehicle (EV) upsurge, hydrogen was a conceptual pillar of the clean energy movement. In his 2003 State of the Union address, then-President Bush said, “A simple chemical...more

Troutman Pepper

FERC Provides Additional Time to Prepare WECC Cost Justification Filings

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On March 24, 2022, FERC issued an order granting a motion to extend the deadline for submitting the cost justification filings required for spot market sales in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”) region...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC Reiterates Importance of Filing Updated Form 556 for Qualifying Facilities

In an order denying a request to waive filing requirements triggered by changes in ownership of qualifying facility (QF) projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reiterated the importance of ensuring QF filings,...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC Further Delays Implementation of MBR Database Reporting Requirements

FERC recently issued a notice of extension of time further extending, by three months, the compliance dates for FERC’s new market-based rate (MBR) relationship database filing requirements under Order No. 860. This extension...more

Troutman Pepper

FERC Revises Filing Requirements for Certain Small Hydroelectric Facilities

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On July 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“Commission” or “FERC”) issued a Final Rule amending its regulations pertaining to: (1) the information required to be filed with a notice of intent to construct a...more

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FERC Clarifies Policy for Ensuring Timely Filing in the Event of E-Filing Malfunction

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On August 18, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order clarifying its filing requirements in the event its e-filing system malfunctions....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Clarifies New Requirements for Certain Filings

On August 18, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) clarified its Order No. 862, issued in August 2019, in which FERC changed its regulations to require that any nonelectronic filing to be...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FERC Order No. 860 Mandates New Market-Based Rate Filing and Reporting Requirements for Sellers of Electric Energy

On July 18, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 860. The order requires entities with or seeking market-based rate authority (sellers) to submit certain data related to FERC’s market power...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Eases Small Residential Solar QF Filing Burden for Sunrun

On April 18, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Sunrun, Inc. (Sunrun) limited waivers of FERC’s filing requirements for obtaining qualifying small power production facility (QF) status under the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FERC Sets $10 Million Threshold on Public Utility Merger Approvals

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On Feb. 21, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) issued a final rule revising its regulations governing public utility mergers or consolidations. The primary effect of this rule is to set a $10 million...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New CFIUS Law: Key Issues Affecting the Energy Sector

• FIRRMA broadens the scope of a CFIUS review beyond transactions that could result in a foreign person gaining the ability to control a U.S. business. Consequently, more energy deals could be captured through expanded...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Denies Waiver for Failure to File PURPA Qualifying Facility Self-Certification

On May 17, 2018, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) granted in part and denied in part a request by Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. (“Zeeland”) for a waiver of FERC’s regulations requiring small...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Third Mexican Power Purchase Auction Delivers New Options for Buyers

On May 8, 2017, the National Center of Energy Control (Centro Nacional de Control de Energía, or "CENACE") and the Mexican Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía, or "SENER") published the tender documents and requirements...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Trump Risk Factors Begin to Appear in SEC Documents

Risk factors related to uncertainties resulting from possible policies that may be implemented by President-elect Trump have begun to appear in SEC filings...more

Morgan Lewis

FERC Upholds and Clarifies Reforms to Market-Based Rate Program

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The clarifications address concerns from market participants but leave some questions unanswered. On May 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 816-A, which upholds and...more

BakerHostetler

2015 ONRR Civil Penalties: Where, Why, and How Much

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The Office of Natural Resources Revenue (“ONRR”), a unit within the United States Department of the Interior, is responsible for collecting and disbursing revenues from energy production on federal and Indian lands and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Modifies Filing Requirements for Market-Based Rate Sellers and Clarifies Gen-Tie Priority Rights Rules

At its October 2015 meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or “Commission”) issued three orders pertaining to its market-based rate regulations. In Order No. 816, the Commission adopted proposals to update...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FERC Substantially Modifies Filing Requirements for Market-Based Rate Sellers and Clarifies Rules on Priority Rights Granted to...

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On October 16, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or “Commission”) issued Order No. 816 that revises filing requirements for market-based rate (MBR) sellers of electric energy, capacity, and ancillary...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Eases EQR Filing Burden by Eliminating E-Tag ID Requirement

On February 6, 2015, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Order on Rehearing of its Order No. 768, in which FERC expanded its Electric Quarterly Report (EQR) filing requirements by, among other things,...more

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