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Texas Senate Bill 6 Significantly Expands Regulatory Oversight Over Large Loads in ERCOT

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

FERC Approves Expansion of PJM’s Surplus Interconnection Service to Address Near-Term Resource Adequacy Concerns

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

More Courts Reject FERC’s Jurisdictional Claims in Battle Over Rejection of Filed-Rate Contracts in Bankruptcy

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

Crypto-Miners, Large Loads Subject to New Interim Interconnection Process in ERCOT

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

FERC’s New Infrastructure and Environmental Impacts Priority – What to Expect in Enforcement Cases

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

FERC Declines to Assert Jurisdiction Over State-Run Net-Metering Programs

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

7/20/2020  /  Energy Sector , FERC , Net Metering , PURPA , Wholesale

FERC to Consider Whether to Expand Jurisdiction Over State-Controlled Net Metering Sales

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

Lines in the Sand: FERC Clarifies Its Jurisdiction Over “Practices Affecting” Wholesale Rates Related to RTO and ISO Rules

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

1/28/2020  /  Energy Market , Energy Sector , FERC , ISOs , RTO , Wholesale
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