Battery/Storage

Battery Chemistry's AI EraWatt's Up, ERCOT?

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

D.C. Circuit Confirms FERC’s Section 206 Authority to Reprice PJM Capacity Auctions Despite Third Circuit Section 205 RulingFERC Accepts SPP's Large Load Interconnection Process

Generation

FERC Grants ISO-NE Waiver in Capacity Scarcity Penalty CaseNextEra Receives FERC Waiver to Facilitate Nuclear Plant Restart in Iowa

Hydropower

FERC Terminates Au Train Hydroelectric Project License by Implied SurrenderTo Waive or Not to Waive? That Is the 401 Question

Interconnection

FERC Accepts SPP's Large Load Interconnection ProcessFERC Orders PJM to Establish Terms and Conditions in its Tariff for Co-Location Arrangements

Legislation

Senate Proposes Bill to Exempt Isolated Large Loads from Federal RegulationSenate Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Give FERC Retroactive Refund Authority Under Section 5 of the Natural Gas Act

Market Policy

ISO-NE Seeks to Establish a Prompt Capacity Market and Deactivation FrameworkFERC Accepts MISO's Revised Demand Resource Real Power Testing Requirements

Natural Gas

FERC Upholds Application of SFV Rate Design to NGPA Section 311 ServiceFifth Circuit Rejects Pipeline’s and Challengers’ Petitions for Review of FERC Order Certificating GTN Expansion Project

Podcasts

Battery Chemistry's AI EraWatt's Up, ERCOT?

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