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NYISO and ISO-NE Prepare for Potential Import Tariffs on Electric Energy

On February 28, 2025, the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) and ISO New England, Inc. (ISO-NE) submitted proposed revisions to their respective wholesale market tariffs to the Federal Energy Regulatory...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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FERC Holds Technical Conference on Large Loads Co-Locating at Generating Facilities

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On November 1, 2024, FERC Commissioners led a technical conference at their headquarters in Washington, DC, on issues pertaining to co-locating large loads at generating facilities. FERC Commissioners asked questions of...more

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FERC Accepts SPP's Proposed Tariff Revisions Allowing Make-Whole Payments

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On September 19, 2024, FERC approved Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) proposed tariff revisions allowing make-whole payments for incremental energy costs for offers affected by the incremental energy offer cost caps...more

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FERC Adopts Regulations to Permit Credit-Related Information Sharing

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On June 15, 2023, FERC issued Order No. 895, adopting new regulations permitting regional transmission organizations (“RTO”) and independent system operators (“ISO”) to share, amongst each other, credit-related information of...more

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FERC Promotes Greater Participation of Distributed Energy Resources and Demand Response in Energy Markets

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) announced during its March 18 open meeting two recent actions to promote greater use of distributed energy resources and demand response. ...more

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FERC Ends Resiliency Inquiries, Signals Future Action

FERC issued a pair of orders terminating, or upholding the termination of, proceedings designed to evaluate the resiliency of the electric grid on February 18. Both proceedings arose from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s)...more

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FERC Sets Aside Prior Order on NYISO Buyer-Side Mitigation Rules

FERC has issued an order setting aside in part its prior order on New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (NYISO’s) buyer-side market power mitigation rules by reversing its decision not to exempt payments received under...more

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FERC Begins Inquiry on Hybrid Resource Participation in Wholesale Markets

During its January open meeting, FERC issued an order directing independent system operators (ISOs) and regional transmission organizations (RTOs) to submit informational reports regarding co-located generation resources. ...more

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FERC Breaks New Ground with DER Aggregation Order

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Under Order No. 2222, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hopes to “usher in the electric grid of the future” by opening wholesale markets to distributed energy resource aggregations. ...more

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FERC Issues Second Notice of Technical Conference on Carbon Pricing in Organized Wholesale Electric Markets

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On August 28, 2020, FERC issued a supplemental Notice of a Commission-led Technical Conference on state pricing for carbon dioxide emissions, commonly referred to as carbon pricing, in FERC-jurisdictional wholesale electric...more

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FERC Invites Comments on State Energy Policy Technical Conference

On May 1 and 2, 2017, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) held a technical conference to “discuss the interplay between state policy goals and the wholesale markets”1 operated by the three...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Energy Storage: Finding New Home with FERC Policy Statement and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has taken steps over the past few months to address integration of electric storage into the market. In November 2016, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to...more

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