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Vinson & Elkins LLP

FERC Issues Order on Remand for Transmission Return on Equity Methodology, but Leaves the Door Open for Future Challenges

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On October 17, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued an Order on Remand (the “Order”) following the D.C. Circuit’s August 2022 decision in MISO Transmission Owners v. FERC,...more

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FERC Revises ROE Methodology for Transmission Owners

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On October 17, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued an order revising the methodology for establishing the return on equity (ROE) for transmission owners (TOs) operating within the footprint of...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FERC Seeks to Eliminate Utility Self-Funding of Network Upgrades

On June 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order (the Show Cause Order) requiring PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. (MISO),...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

FERC Initiates Section 206 Investigation Into RTO “Self Fund” Policy

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On June 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an “Order to Show Cause” (Order) under Section 206 of the Federal Power Act to four regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system...more

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FERC January 2024 Open Meeting Preview

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) will host its January Open Meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2024. The Sunshine Act Meeting Notice (“Notice”) issued January 11, 2024, indicates that FERC intends to take...more

Troutman Pepper

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Transmission Developer Challenge to MISO Baseline Reliability Project Cost Allocation

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On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied a Petition for Review from LS Power and two other organizations (“Petitioners”) challenging FERC’s rejection of an earlier-submitted...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

Another Court Upholds a State Generation Program and Dismisses Challenges to Illinois’ Nuclear Subsidies

On July 14, 2017, and several weeks after the Second Circuit rejected challenges to Connecticut’s renewable energy procurement process and renewable energy credit program (see Allco Fin. Ltd. v. Robert J. Klee (Docket Nos....more

A&O Shearman

FERC Accelerates Efforts to Integrate Electric Storage Projects Into Jurisdictional Wholesale Markets

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Over the past year, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accelerated its efforts to facilitate integration of electric storage projects into wholesale electricity markets subject to its jurisdiction....more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

MISO Transmission Owners’ Return on Equity Cut by FERC

Following a decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released last week that cuts transmission owners’ return on equity (ROE) by more than 200 basis points,[1] ratepayers in the Midcontinent Independent...more

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