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Energy Sector Energy Storage Qualifying Facility

Troutman Pepper Locke

FERC Reverses September 2020 Order, Reinstating Long-Standing “Send Out” Test for Small Power Production QF 80MW Threshold

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On March 19, 2021, FERC set aside a September 1, 2020 order (“September Order”) that had upended 40 years’ worth of FERC precedent regarding how to determine the 80MW threshold for small power production qualifying facilities...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

FERC Reconsiders QF Power Production Capacity Standard

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On September 1, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order departing from its longtime standard used to determine a generating facility’s “power production capacity” for purposes of certification...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

PURPA Dispute at FERC Raises New Questions for Co-Located Energy Storage

On August 31, 2018, NorthWestern Corporation (NorthWestern) petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) to revoke the qualifying small power production facility (QF) status of four wind projects...more

Stoel Rives - Renewable + Law

How Should Storage be Counted? FERC Is Asked To Decide the Role of Storage in Calculating QF Capacity

Is a co-located storage facility and wind or solar facility considered to be one qualifying facility (“QF”) under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (“PURPA”)? Or multiple QFs? How will the aggregate capacity of such...more

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