Battery/Storage

Vanadium Has Entered the ChatSolid Flow, Strong Future

Data Centers

FERC Orders Regional Grid Operators to Justify or Reform Tariff Provisions for Interconnection of Large LoadsFERC Addresses Arguments on Rehearing and Requires Additional PJM Tariff Revisions to Accommodate Co-Located Load

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

FERC Orders American Efficient to Pay $1.1 Billion for Alleged Capacity Market FraudCourt Denies Injunction Seeking to Halt FERC Enforcement Proceedings

FERC Practice

FERC Approves NYISO Capacity Market Revisions to Address Seasonal Reliability RisksSupreme Court Ends For-Cause Removal Protections for Members of Independent Federal Agencies and Commissions Such as FERC

Generation

FERC Denies Gas Plant Developer’s Waiver Request to Change Equipment Due to Procurement ConcernsFERC Orders Regional Grid Operators to Justify or Reform Tariff Provisions for Interconnection of Large Loads

Hydropower

Congress Enacts S. 1020 to Extend Hydropower Construction DeadlinesFERC Issues Draft Revised Cybersecurity Guidance for Hydropower Projects (Section 9.0)

Interconnection

FERC Orders Regional Grid Operators to Justify or Reform Tariff Provisions for Interconnection of Large LoadsFERC Addresses Arguments on Rehearing and Requires Additional PJM Tariff Revisions to Accommodate Co-Located Load

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

FERC Approves ISO-NE Updated Market Rules for Distributed Energy ResourcesDC Circuit Upholds PJM's Sunset of EER Participation in Capacity Auctions

Natural Gas

FERC Denies Gas Plant Developer’s Waiver Request to Change Equipment Due to Procurement ConcernsFERC Proposes Increased Cost Limits and Other Changes to Natural Gas Blanket Certificate Program

Podcasts

Vanadium Has Entered the ChatSolid Flow, Strong Future

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

FERC Accepts PJM Capacity Market Price Collar ExtensionFERC Approves Virtualization CIP Reliability Standards and Definitions

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 Issues NOPR Proposing Revisions to Annual and Quarterly Financial FormsFERC Sets Oil Pipeline Price Index for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031

Transmission

FERC Addresses Arguments on Rehearing and Requires Additional PJM Tariff Revisions to Accommodate Co-Located LoadFERC Approves SPP’s Consolidated Planning Process

Uncategorized

FERC Commits to June 2026 Action in Large Load Interconnection RulemakingDOE Proposes to Limit NEPA Review for Transmission, Storage, and Solar