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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
On April 18, 2024, Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Making Pipelines Accountable to Consumers and Taxpayers Act (“MPACT Act”) (S. 4171) that, if adopted, would grant FERC authority...more
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 Act (“FPA”), pursuant to...more
On December 19, 2023, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) Grid Deployment Office released final guidance on how it will designate National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (“NIETC”) pursuant to Section 216(a) of the...more
Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's open meeting to be held on November 16, 2023, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on November 9, 2023....more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on November 16th, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more
Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's November 17, 2022 open meeting, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on November 10, 2022. Electric - E-1 – Registration of...more
Can a seemingly innocuous requirement to tell the truth create unintended consequences? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) raised this question when it issued its July 28, 2022 Notice of...more
US Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced legislation on July 28, 2022, to provide FERC with the authority to temporarily or permanently ban any person from trading or transacting in...more
Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's April 21, 2022 open meeting, pursuant to the sunshine notice released on April 14, 2022....more
Public policy concerns associated with contracts impacted by energy industry bankruptcies filed in the Fifth Circuit will be resolved in bankruptcy court mini-trials instead of FERC proceedings. Parties entering energy...more
On June 24, 2021, FERC formally issued a public report that outlined its plan to establish the Office of Public Participation (OPP). The report stated that the OPP’s mission is to assist the public in learning about and...more
Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's June 17, 2021 open meeting, pursuant to the agenda issued on June 10, 2021. Items E-5, E-10, and G-3 have not been summarized due to...more
FERC issued a Notice Seeking Comments on March 18 on its proposal to collect additional data from market-based rate (MBR) Sellers whose ultimate upstream affiliate(s) own their voting securities under a Federal Power Act...more
Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's March 18, 2021 open meeting, pursuant to the agenda issued on March 11, 2021. Agenda items E-8 and G-1 have not been summarized due to...more
Below are summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's November 19, 2020 open meeting, pursuant to the agenda issued on November 13, 2020. Agenda item E-16 has not been summarized due to...more
The Situation: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a proposed policy statement that may signal a significant change to FERC's policy on waivers related to remedial relief. The Impact: While it is...more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's June 18, 2020 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on June 11, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and measures undertaken by government...more
The Decision: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued Opinion No. 569-A, refining the methodology it established in Opinion No. 569 for setting the return on equity ("ROE") that electric utilities earn on...more
FERC issued a proposal on May 21 to modify its policy regarding requests for waiver of public utility tariff provisions that are subject to FERC’s review and approval under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act....more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s May 21, 2020 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on May 14, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and measures undertaken by government...more
A number of organizations submitted an April 13th document titled Request for Technical Conference or Workshop (“Request”) to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) asking that it convene a technical conference or...more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's originally scheduled March 19, 2020 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on March 12, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and measures...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a February 20th document titled: Declaratory Order on Waiver of Water Quality Certification (“Order”)...more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s February 20, 2020 meeting, pursuant to the agenda as issued on February 13, 2020. Agenda items E-25 and C-3 have not been summarized...more