Virginia Energy Regulation Update - Battery + Storage Podcast (Episode 7)
On May 27, 2025, FERC addressed arguments raised on rehearing of a January 30, 2025 order, which accepted the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (“MISO”) proposal to modify its generator interconnection study...more
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
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
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
The permitting process has been identified by numerous commentators as a major cause of delays in the development of energy, infrastructure, and mining projects in the United States. ...more
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
At its September 17, 2020, meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a groundbreaking order that will enable aggregators of distributed energy resources (“DERs”) located on utility distribution systems...more
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
On September 29, 2017, the Secretary of Energy submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a notice of proposed rulemaking to support electric grid resiliency. The notice states that changes to wholesale market...more