On July 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) that seeks public comment on a number of potential reforms to improve the electric regional...more
Sellers of wholesale electricity that have market-based rate (MBR) authority from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), or that will need to apply to FERC for such authority, should be aware of major regulatory...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently took steps to encourage regions to incorporate state carbon pricing policies into wholesale electricity markets. FERC's proposed policy statement comes at a time when...more
Order 872, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on July 16, 2020, makes some significant modifications to its regulations for Qualifying Facilities (QFs) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on June 18, 2020, requesting comments on potential enhancements to the current U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability...more
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) electric regulation has traditionally put resources into defined categories (generation, transmission, distribution), but energy storage devices defy easy categorization. They can...more