On September 9, 2020, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing updated regulations that will establish a one-year period for state agencies or other certifying authorities (“Certifying Agencies”) to act...more
9/17/2020
/ Certification Requirements ,
Clean Water Act ,
Energy Projects ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Register ,
FERC ,
Natural Gas ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Navigable Waters ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Pipelines ,
Public Comment
On August 28, 2020, FERC issued a supplemental Notice of a Commission-led Technical Conference on state pricing for carbon dioxide emissions, commonly referred to as carbon pricing, in FERC-jurisdictional wholesale electric...more
9/11/2020
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Carbon Pricing ,
Electricity ,
Electricity Market Reform (EMR) ,
Energy Policy ,
FERC ,
ISOs ,
National Emissions Standards ,
RTO ,
Technical Conference ,
Wholesale
Our lead article this month concerns the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) long-awaited final rule on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The rule introduces sweeping changes to the NEPA regulations, aimed at...more