Battery/Storage

Navigating the Energy Frontier With Aric Zurek, FluenceCreating Solid-State Solutions With Todd Crescenzo, Clear Creek Investments, and Jorge Diaz Schneider, ION Storage Systems

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

FERC Affirms Authorizations for Venture Global’s LNG Export Terminal and PipelineFifteen States Sue the Trump Administration Over “Energy Emergency” Executive Order

FERC Enforcement

FERC Sunsets 53 Regulations in Response to April Executive OrderFERC Issues Nearly $1B Market Manipulation Penalty Regarding Alleged Energy Efficiency Projects

FERC Practice

FERC Accepts SPP's Provisional Load Interconnection ProcessSenate Confirms Commissioners Swett and LaCerte to Fill Remaining FERC Seats

Generation

NextEra Receives FERC Waiver to Facilitate Nuclear Plant Restart in IowaD.C. Circuit Upholds PJM’s $12 Million Nonperformance Penalties Against Energy Harbor for Failing to Perform When Called Upon During December 2022 Winter Storm

Hydropower

To Waive or Not to Waive? That Is the 401 QuestionCourt Finds FERC Appropriately Evaluated Decision to Retain Dams in License Surrender

Interconnection

FERC Accepts SPP's Provisional Load Interconnection ProcessNextEra Receives FERC Waiver to Facilitate Nuclear Plant Restart in Iowa

Legislation

Senate Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Give FERC Retroactive Refund Authority Under Section 5 of the Natural Gas ActTroutman Pepper Releases White Paper on Transmission Upgrades

Market Policy

FERC Clears the Way for the California Independent System Operator's Extended Day-Ahead MarketFERC Launches FPA 206 Investigation to Assess Necessity of the WECC Soft Price Cap

Natural Gas

FERC Rescinds Regulation in Effort to Reduce Natural Gas Project Construction DelaysD.C. Circuit Denies Sierra Club’s and Appalachian Voice’s Petition for Review of FERC Order Authorizing Construction and Operation of Natural Gas Pipeline

Podcasts

Navigating the Energy Frontier With Aric Zurek, FluenceCreating Solid-State Solutions With Todd Crescenzo, Clear Creek Investments, and Jorge Diaz Schneider, ION Storage Systems

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

D.C. Circuit Upholds PJM’s $12 Million Nonperformance Penalties Against Energy Harbor for Failing to Perform When Called Upon During December 2022 Winter StormFifteen States Sue the Trump Administration Over “Energy Emergency” Executive Order

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

FERC Rescinds Regulation in Effort to Reduce Natural Gas Project Construction DelaysFERC Sunsets 53 Regulations in Response to April Executive Order

Transmission

FERC Requires New England Transmission Owners to Answer 2023 Annual Update Information RequestsFERC Demands More Detail from SPP Regarding its Plan to Unwind Attachment Z2 Upgrade Charges

Uncategorized

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