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Utilities Petition FCC for Updates to TCPA Guidelines to Allow “Demand Response” Calls and Texts

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Edison Electric Institute (EEI), an association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to permit calls and texts under the Telephone Consumer...more

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[Webinar] Is Canada’s Electricity Sector Ready for a Zero-Carbon Future? - January 27th, 8:30 am - 10:00 am ET

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Economic and population growth, together with accelerated electrification in all economic sectors, is expected to shift Canada’s electricity systems into a period of sustained demand growth through the 2020s and early 2030s....more

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Issues to Watch at FERC in 2020

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Several developments may raise the profile of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) in 2020. First, the growing importance of renewable energy generation will raise new issues for FERC. On...more

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Legal Battle Over Energy Savings Continues to Simmer

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Each month, electric bills arrive like clockwork. For large commercial and industrial businesses, especially those that are energy-intensive, these electric bills can represent a sizeable portion of a business’s monthly...more

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Long-Awaited Decision is a Mixed Result for Litigants Battling FERC Enforcement Actions in Federal Court

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Individuals and organizations litigating the imposition of civil penalties by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) under its anti-manipulation authority in federal court received another opinion...more

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Supreme Court Rules that FERC Wholesale Markets Can Compensate Demand Response Providers

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In late January, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association, et al., 577 U.S. __, slip. op. (2016) upholding Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...more

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments on FERC Demand Response Policy

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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 ("EPAct 2005") established a national policy to encourage reliable and affordable demand response services. Demand response refers to the ability of retail electric customers to reduce or shift...more

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The Fate of Demand Response Hangs in the Balance

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The Justices of the United States Supreme Court are not strangers to the retail versus wholesale distinction that often plagues FERC’s regulations. Indeed, on January 12, 2015 they heard arguments in Oneok v. Learjet...more

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Divided Court of Appeals Panel Vacates FERC Order 745 on Compensation of Demand Response

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FERC’s Order No. 745 requiring independent regional grid operators (RTOs and ISOs) in limited circumstances to compensate providers of state-authorized demand response services in the same amounts that they compensate...more

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