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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FERC Moves To Bolster Cybersecurity

On June 26, FERC approved a new reliability standard (CIP-015-1) proposed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation ("NERC") to enhance cybersecurity of the nation's bulk electric system ("BES"). In a related...more

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Federal Register Notice on November 26, 2024, Establishes Date for Compliance Filings for FERC Elimination of Generator...

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On October 17, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued Order No. 904, finding on a generic basis that allowing transmission providers to charge customers for a generating facility’s provision of...more

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First Look: FERC Discusses Co-Location of Large Loads

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Co-located load – will it help keep the lights on when the impending onslaught of new electrical load hits the nation's grid in the upcoming years? Questions regarding an aging grid that is being stretched thin and whether...more

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Announces Major Overhaul of its Interconnection Procedures

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On June 16, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “the Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”), announcing proposed reforms to its pro forma Large Generator Interconnection Procedures...more

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Federal Clean Energy Initiatives Carry Potential Regulatory and Market Implications

In recent weeks, a flurry of Congressional activity has emerged to extend and expand federal support for clean energy initiatives. Introductions of the Renewable Electricity Standard Act and Renewable Energy Extension Act...more

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Environmental Litigation Alert: Citizen Suits Challenge Rollbacks, Replacements and Project Approvals

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This is the eighth issue of WilmerHale’s 10-in-10 Hot Topics in Energy Series. Over the course of 10 weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting the US energy sector. Attorneys from...more

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Benesch Energy Market Intelligence: Energy Quarterly Report - Q3 2018

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Coal - Lobbying: ‘America First’ or coal first? LNG groups want to know - The Trump administration has proposed a plan to aid the declining domestic coal and nuclear power industries by keeping ailing generators...more

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Benesch Energy Market Intelligence: Energy Quarterly Report - Q2 2018

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EPA declines to write new rule for toxic spills - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally announced that new regulation is not needed to limit spills of toxic waste into waterways. ...more

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Benesch Energy Market Intelligence 2018: Energy Quarterly Report – Q1

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Coal - Rio exits coal industry in $4B worth of deals - Rio Tinto Group has agreed to several deals worth over $4 billion to sell all of its remaining coal assets, with a $1.7 billion cash sale of coal assets to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Gas Regulation 2018: United States

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the sixteenth edition of Gas Regulation. Getting the Deal Through provides international expert analysis in key areas of law, practice and regulation for corporate counsel,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on FERC Demand Response Policy

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Fate of Demand Response Hangs in the Balance

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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