Battery/Storage

Go Big and Go BESSFERC Approves 1,200‑MW Pumped Storage Project on Former Smelter Site

Data Centers

FERC Again Rejects Co-Located Load Increase Proposal at Nuclear FacilityFERC Institutes Show Cause Proceeding on Co-Location Issues in PJM

Environmental Law

D.C. Circuit Declines to Reconsider its Prior Order Restoring an Emergency Affirmative Defense for Emissions Violations Under the Clean Air ActTexas Receives Class VI Primacy: What CCS Developers Need to Know

FERC Enforcement

Court Denies Injunction Seeking to Halt FERC Enforcement ProceedingsFERC Sunsets 53 Regulations in Response to April Executive Order

FERC Practice

PJM Seeks Extension of Price Collar for Capacity AuctionsPJM Proposes Expedited Generator Interconnection Track

Generation

PJM Proposes Expedited Generator Interconnection TrackFERC Grants ISO-NE Waiver in Capacity Scarcity Penalty Case

Hydropower

FERC Proposes NEPA Categorical Exclusion for Certain Hydropower Terminations and RevocationsFERC Approves 1,200‑MW Pumped Storage Project on Former Smelter Site

Interconnection

FERC Accepts PJM’s Replacement Generation Interconnection ProcessFERC Accepts SPP's Large Load Interconnection Process

Legislation

Senators Introduce REWIRE Act of 2026 to Address Electric Grid Capacity and PlanningSenate Proposes Bill to Exempt Isolated Large Loads from Federal Regulation

Market Policy

DC Circuit Upholds PJM's Sunset of EER Participation in Capacity AuctionsISO-NE Seeks to Establish a Prompt Capacity Market and Deactivation Framework

Natural Gas

FERC Dismisses BGE Complaint Against Transco Challenging Negotiated Rate Below Recourse RateFERC Issues CPCN for Transco Southeast Supply Enhancement Project

Podcasts

Go Big and Go BESSBattery Chemistry's AI Era

PURPA

Divided Panel of the D.C. Circuit Upholds FERC's Interpretation of PURPA Size Limitations Based on "Send Out" CapacityNinth Circuit Finds that PURPA Gives FERC Broad Implementation Discretion, But Remands New Qualifying Facility Rules for Lack of NEPA Review

Reliability

MISO to Expand Number of Interconnection Requests it Can Study on Expedited BasisFERC Staff Audit Report Identifies CIP Standard Compliance Risks in FY2025

Renewables

Court Vacates FERC “Soft” Cap Refund Order Issued After 2020 California Heat WaveFueling Up: How to Make U.S. Clean Hydrogen Projects Happen

Rulemakings

EPA's Proposed CWA 401 Rule Narrows Scope of State Reviews, Reins in TimelinesFERC Terminates Long-Pending Rulemaking and Policy Proceedings

Transmission

FERC Approves SPP Tariff Revisions Allowing Real-Time Dispatchable Interchange TransactionsMISO to Expand Number of Interconnection Requests it Can Study on Expedited Basis

Uncategorized

DOE Proposes to Limit NEPA Review for Transmission, Storage, and SolarBiden Issues Executive Order Increasing Agency Requirements on Environmental Justice