Co-located load – will it help keep the lights on when the impending onslaught of new electrical load hits the nation's grid in the upcoming years? Questions regarding an aging grid that is being stretched thin and whether...more
11/11/2024
/ Data Centers ,
Economic Development ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) ,
ISOs ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Power Grid ,
Public Utilities Commission ,
Regulatory Standards ,
RTO ,
Technical Conference
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
/ Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electronically Stored Information ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
Infrastructure ,
Investment Tax Credits ,
Permits ,
RTO ,
Transmission Grid
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Sept. 5, 2023, issued a critical ruling upholding certain reforms the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued in 2020 to its regulations implementing the federal...more
9/8/2023
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Chevron v NRDC ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
ISOs ,
NEPA ,
PURPA ,
Renewable Energy ,
RTO ,
Utilities Sector
On March 18, 2021, in Order 2222-A, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) largely reaffirmed its seminal Order 2222, which dramatically relaxed barriers to aggregated distributed energy resource (DER) participation...more
On March 21, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comment on possibly broad reforms to the scope and implementation of its electric transmission incentives regulations...more