Texas Senate Bill 6 (SB 6) took immediate effect upon Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature on June 21, 2025, following its passing by a super-majority in the Texas House and Senate in May. SB 6 has considerable implications for large...more
On Feb. 11, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order accepting PJM Interconnection’s proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) regarding surplus interconnection service...more
Debtors in bankruptcy have broad authority to shed unfavorable contracts through the executory contract rejection process, subject to approval of the bankruptcy court. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on the...more
On March 25, 2022, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a notice regarding a new interim large load interconnection process that is effective immediately. The interim process applies to load...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Office of Enforcement (OE) has historically focused on four “priorities,” as described in its annual Report on Enforcement. Those four priorities included (1) fraud and market...more
On July 16, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dismissed a petition for declaratory order filed by the New England Ratepayers’ Association (NERA) asking FERC to assert jurisdiction over net metering —...more
On April 14, 2020, the New England Ratepayers Association (NERA) filed a petition for declaratory order asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), to assert jurisdiction over state-administered net metering...more
During its January open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied rehearing on two orders affecting transparency in regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) processes, and...more