On September 22, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing revisions to its regulations to establish rate incentives for public utilities...more
On February 18, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued two interconnected policy statements (the “Policy Statements”) regarding its review and certification of interstate natural...more
On February 17, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on whether using “dynamic line ratings” (DLR) for electric transmission lines is necessary for just and reasonable...more
On January 20, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop for FERC review and approval new or modified Reliability Standards...more
On January 7, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more
On November 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register a request for information on an expansive “energy sector supply chain review” (the “Energy Supply Chain RFI”). Somewhat unlike...more
In October 2021, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff issued its annual report on “recommendations to help users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system improve their compliance with the [North American...more
On July 6, 2021, the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) issued a whitepaper...more
7/8/2021
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On March 19, 2021, a divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) reverted to its long-standing “send out” analysis for determining the “power production capacity” of a small power production...more
Of interest to entities who hold, or might seek, authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) to engage in sales for resale of electric energy, capacity or ancillary services at...more
On March 5, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a virtual, public technical conference “to discuss issues surrounding the threat to electric system reliability posed by climate change and extreme...more
On January 19, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed the nation’s six Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators (RTOs/ISOs) to submit reports on the integration of “hybrid”...more
On January 8, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more
On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comments on “potential risks to the bulk electric system posed by using equipment and...more
9/24/2020
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On September 1, 2020, a sharply divided Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) abandoned its long-standing approach for determining the “power production capacity” of a generation facility seeking...more
On August 18, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) clarified its Order No. 862, issued in August 2019, in which FERC changed its regulations to require that any nonelectronic filing to be...more
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) overhauled its regulations under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), which had been largely unchanged since 1980....more
8/12/2020
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Qualifying Facility ,
Recertification ,
Renewable Energy ,
Self-Certification ,
Solar Energy ,
Solar Panels
On April 14, 2020, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee addressed FERC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic on FERC’s Open Access podcast. Chairman Chatterjee highlighted FERC’s ongoing focus on...more
On April 7, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced a technical conference “to discuss technical and market issues prompted by growing interest in projects that are comprised of more than one resource...more
On January 2, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more
On September 19, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) proposed to “modernize” its regulations under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to “better sync [them] with...more
On August 27, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a final rule revising its regulations to require all hard copy and hand delivered filings and submissions—except those sent via...more
On July 16, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) announced that “documents posted on [the FERC’s] eLibrary [website] will serve as the Commission’s official order and/or Commission action,...more
On April 18, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Sunrun, Inc. (Sunrun) limited waivers of FERC’s filing requirements for obtaining qualifying small power production facility (QF) status under the...more
5/8/2019
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Utilities Sector ,
Waivers
On February 8, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the “Commission”) issued a Final Rule revising its regulations in 18 C.F.R. § 385.2007 regarding computation of time periods prescribed or allowed by...more