FERC Establishes New Policy to Reject Hydropower Preliminary Permit...
At the February 15, 2024, FERC open meeting and in four orders issued the same day, FERC established a new policy governing its issuance of preliminary permits under section 4(f) of the Federal Power...
View ArticleFERC Approves Extreme Cold Weather Reliability Standards EOP-011-4 and TOP-002-5
On February 15, 2024, FERC approved two new extreme cold weather Reliability Standards EOP-011-4 (Emergency Operations) and TOP-002-5 (Operations Planning). This approval is the culmination of a joint...
View ArticleTroutman Pepper Summary of FERC Order No. 2023-A on Generator Interconnections
Executive Summary On March 21, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 2023-A (Final Rule), which reaffirmed aspects of Order No. 2023 — the Commission’s...
View ArticleSenate Committee Considers Three New FERC Nominees
On March 21, 2024, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to consider President Biden’s three recent nominations to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or...
View ArticleFERC Proposes to Largely Eliminate Compensation for Reactive Power
On March 21, 2024, FERC proposed to prohibit transmission providers from being compensated through their transmission rates charges for reactive power that is within the standard power factor range...
View ArticleFERC Initiates Inquiry into Capacity Allocation on Non-Contiguous Pipeline...
On March 21, 2024, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) seeking additional information on whether the Commission should continue to allow interstate pipelines to package “high value” capacity with...
View ArticleDriving Change: Scaling Up EVs in the U.S.
We are pleased to publish our latest white paper, entitled “Driving Change: Scaling Up EVs in the U.S.” The report highlights the challenges of expanding electric vehicles (EVs) and EV battery...
View ArticleMISO Seeks to Reform Resource Accreditation Requirements
On March 28, 2024, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”) submitted a filing to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) proposing revisions to its Open Access...
View ArticleD.C. Circuit upholds FERC orders granting natural gas pipeline companies’...
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“D.C. Circuit”) recently upheld two FERC orders granting natural gas pipeline developers’ requests to extend their construction...
View ArticleThird Circuit Upholds PJM Capacity Market Change but Prevents Retroactive...
On March 12, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a prospective rule change to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) annual capacity auction but struck down attempts by PJM and...
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