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FERC Issues Supplemental Proposed Rulemaking on Incentives for Transmission Investment

On April 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission supplemented the notice of proposed rulemaking (Supplemental NOPR) for transmission incentives it issued last year (2020 NOPR). In its Supplemental NOPR, FERC...more

FERC Announces GHG Emissions Assessments in Pipeline Certificate Proceedings

On March 22, 2021, FERC took a step toward reforming the way in which it analyzes greenhouse gas emissions for purposes of natural gas pipeline certificates. However, FERC did so via a certificate order rather than a revised...more

Commissioners’ No Votes Speak Volumes About Upcoming Issues Facing FERC

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission held its first monthly meeting of 2021 on January 19, welcoming new Commissioner Mark Christie to his first meeting and taking on a packed agenda. Some attention has already been paid...more

Energy Bar Association Ignites Discussion at Virtual Fall Forum

The Energy Bar Association held a very well-attended virtual Fall Forum last week. Perkins Coie Partner Jane Rueger, who is president of the EBA this year, opened the Fall Forum with an address that built on the event theme...more

FERC Plants the Seeds for DER Aggregators’ Participation in the RTO/ISO Markets: Work Must Be Done to See What Will Grow

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order 2222 on September 17, 2020. The order amends its regulations with the expansive goal of removing barriers to distributed energy resource (DER) aggregations’ participation...more

FERC Adopts Sweeping Overhaul to its PURPA Regulations

For the first time in 15 years, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) significantly revamped key aspects of its regulations implementing the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA). The 490-page final...more

D.C. Circuit Overturns Decades of Precedent, Finds FERC Cannot Delay Appellate Review With Tolling Orders

On June 30, 2020, in an en banc review, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit concluded that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission cannot delay judicial review of its decisions by issuance of tolling orders. The...more

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