With New Jersey's gubernatorial election campaign season underway, increasingly high energy costs have become a contentious, high-profile issue. Some blame the state's focus on alternative energy over traditional fossil...more
8/12/2025
/ Deregulation ,
Electricity ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Policy ,
Natural Gas ,
PJM ,
Power Grid ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
State Legislatures ,
Utilities Sector ,
Utility Rates
During the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) open meeting on April 17, 2025, Chairman Mark Christie vigorously criticized PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM) for arguing that its regional transmission project approval...more
4/22/2025
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Devon Energy Production v Sheppard ,
Energy Projects ,
FERC ,
PJM ,
Preemption ,
Regulatory Authority ,
State and Local Government ,
Transmission Lines ,
Transmission Planning ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Dec. 15, 2022, proposed an important new set of regulations to implement certain changes recently passed by Congress to the agency's authority to license new interstate...more
12/21/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Comment Period ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proposed Rules ,
Transmission Grid ,
Transmission Planning ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (180 FERC ΒΆ 61,052 (2022))(Proposed Rule) on July 28, 2022, that would impose a sweeping "duty of candor" across all energy industries...more