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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued an order (Co-location Order) finding that the treatment of load that co-locates behind generating facilities’ points of interconnection with the grid in the PJM...more
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
More investors in public utilities may now be considered affiliates, thereby significantly increasing compliance obligations and transactions subject to prior FERC approval. On October 20, 2022, the Federal Energy...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently ruled that an investor is deemed an affiliate of a public utility if the investor has a seat on the public utility’s board of directors. This rule indicates...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) proposed on September 19th what it describes as a modernization of its regulations governing small power producers and co-generators under the Public Utility Regulatory...more
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
On July 19, 2018, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to lighten some requirements for directors holding multiple Board positions. ...more
Verrill Dana’s Utilities Group has released the second edition of Maine Regulation of Public Utilities, the only treatise on the subject of public utility regulation in Maine. “This new edition reflects most of the...more