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Latham & Watkins LLP

Infrastructure Insights - May 2025

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On 15 April 2025, Ofgem approved the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO’s) Target Model Option 4 (TMO4+) to reform the grid connection process in Great Britain. The reform shifts from a “first come, first connected” to a...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

AI, Data Centers and Electric Energy

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AI driven electric demand is forcing utilities to rethink their approach to connecting new data center customers to the grid. Until quite recently, many utilities had generating capacity to sell and competed for new...more

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FERC Approves SPP’s RTO West Plan to Connect Eastern and Western Grids

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On March 30, 2025, FERC approved revisions to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) and Governing Documents to allow nine entities (“Expansion Members”) in the Western Interconnection...more

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Power and Energy in Data Centers

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We have the pleasure of presenting insights from Belton Zeigler, co-leader of the Womble energy sector, and Steve Snyder, an expert in federal regulatory issues involving power....more

Stoel Rives LLP

FERC Institutes Show Cause Proceeding to Address Co-Location Issues Related to Data Centers Running AI in PJM and Requests...

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On February 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued an order instituting a show cause proceeding in Docket No. EL25-49 to review issues associated with the co-location of large loads...more

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Powering the Digital Future: Navigating the Nuclear Option for Data Centers

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Modern data centers are the foundation of our information society and now use artificial intelligence to generate new forms of machine intelligence and learning – though at the cost of considerable energy consumption. Their...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FERC Takes Action on Co-Located Load in PJM

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) on Feb. 20, 2025, initiated a review of issues associated with the co-location of large loads (such as data centers) at generating facilities in the PJM...more

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In its first meeting of the new Administration, FERC focuses on supplying power to data centers

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On February 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) held its first open meeting since the start of the new Administration. Not surprisingly, FERC focused on the challenges related to...more

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FERC Denies Great Basin Transmission’s Request for Transmission Rate Incentives

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On February 20, 2025, FERC denied Great Basin Transmission, LLC’s (“Great Basin”) request for two transmission incentives for Great Basin’s Southwest Intertie Project-North Transmission Line and associated upgrades to Great...more

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FERC Institutes Show Cause Proceeding on Co-Location Issues in PJM

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On February 20, 2025, FERC found that the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”) appears to be unjust and unreasonable because it does not address with clarity or consistency the rates,...more

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FERC Announces Commissioner-led Technical Conference on Resource Adequacy in RTOs/ISOs

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On February 20, 2025, FERC Chairman Mark Christie announced an upcoming Commissioner-led technical conference on resource adequacy in Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) and Independent System Operator (“ISO”) regions....more

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Illinois Legislature Passes New Law on Electric Transmission Line Projects, Illinois’ First Battery Storage Procurement, and...

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Last month, the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill establishing prevailing wage requirements and tax incentives for high voltage transmission line and utility-scale battery storage projects....more

K&L Gates LLP

Texas Senate Bill 6 and Impacts on Large Load Development in ERCOT

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On 12 February 2025, Texas Senate Bill 6 (SB6), authored by Sen. Phil King and Sen. Charles Schwertner, was filed. The low bill number on this indicates it is a priority bill and will likely have momentum. If passed, this...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Texas Senate Bill 6 – Are major regulatory changes coming for large loads and behind-the-meter arrangements in ERCOT?

On February 12, 2025, the Texas State Senate unveiled Senate Bill 6, titled “Relating to electricity planning and infrastructure costs for large loads” (SB6). This bill addresses large loads interconnecting at transmission...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

PURA Opens Investigation Into Interconnection Process Modifications

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On January 21, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (“PURA” or the “Authority”) opened Docket 25-01-27 to investigate interconnection process modifications.  On February 3, 2025, in its Notice of Proceeding,...more

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Renewable Energy Update 2.6.25

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The California Public Utilities Commission on January 30 streamlined its transmission permitting requirements as part of a broader effort to meet the state’s clean energy goals. Among the changes, the CPUC now requires...more

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The impact of Trump 2.0 on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: potential developments for generation, transmission, and data...

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When there is a change of Administration in Washington, the trade press often inquires about the anticipated changes at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the primary federal regulator of the nation’s power...more

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President Trump Elevates Christie to FERC Chair

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Among his first actions on January 20, President Trump appointed Mark Christie as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Chairman Christie was confirmed as a FERC commissioner in 2020, near the beginning...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NYSERDA Issues Request for Information in Preparation for Sixth OREC Solicitation with Transmission Issues in the Forefront

As New York’s fifth Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (OREC) solicitation enters its final stages, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”) issued a Request for Information (“RFI”) on...more

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Energy Law: Month in Review - December 2024

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Welcome to Dorsey’s Energy Law: Month in Review. We provide this update to our clients to identify significant developments in the previous month. Please reach out to any of the authors, listed above, to discuss these issues....more

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Ley de Transición Energética

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Hoy se publicó en el Diario Oficial la Ley N° 21.721 que modifica la Ley General de Servicios Eléctricos (LGSE) en materia de transición energética, posicionando a la transmisión eléctrica como un sector habilitante para la...more

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Chile Publishes its Energy Transition Law

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Recently, Law No. 21.721 was published in Chile’s Official Gazette, modifying the General Law of Electric Services (LGSE by its Spanish acronym) regarding energy transition and positioning electric transmission as an enabling...more

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High-Level Summary of FERC Order No. 1920-A on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

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On November 21, 2024, FERC issued Order No. 1920-A, which modified Order No. 1920 to expand the states’ roles in long-term transmission planning and clarified requirements for such planning as set forth in Order No. 1920....more

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Federal Appeals Court Appears Skeptical of State’s Ability to Question Federal Transmission Planning Decisions

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On December 5, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments in Transource Pennsylvania LLC v. Steven M. Defrank, et.al. The case presents the question of potential tension between FERC’s...more

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FERC Order Rejecting Co-Location of Nuclear Facility and Data Center Increases Uncertainty and Leaves Data Center Stakeholders...

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A recent decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) calls into question data centers’ access to sufficient electricity supplies to support their substantial and increasing electric demands....more

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