During the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) open meeting on April 17, 2025, Chairman Mark Christie vigorously criticized PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM) for arguing that its regional transmission project approval...more
4/22/2025
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued Order No. 1920, which adopts specific requirements for transmission providers to conduct long-term planning for regional transmission facilities and determine how to...more
5/17/2024
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In response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed on June 22, 2022 (Petition), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on March 21, 2024, seeking additional information...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a brief order on March 24, 2022, backtracking on the historic – and divisive – changes it had announced several weeks ago to its natural gas pipeline certification...more
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Deb Haaland announced in October that the Biden Administration would be opening up the U.S. coastline to large-scale, offshore wind farming. Speaking at a wind industry...more
In a recently published letter, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard Glick indicated that the commission would strengthen its scrutiny of greenhouse gas emissions when evaluating certificate...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR), "Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator...more