FERC Denies Preference for Reservation of Transmission Capacity on Merchant...
From my DC colleague Jim Mitchell Rock Island Clean Line LLC is proposing to build a 500-mile, 600 kV HVDC merchant transmission line and associated facilities capable of delivering up to 3,500 MW of...
View ArticleFERC Proposes to Revise Definition of “Bulk Electric System” for Determining...
From my D.C. colleague Jim Mitchell: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to revise the definition of “Bulk Electric System” (BES). This...
View ArticleProposed Settlement Between Environmental Groups and Federal Agencies Would...
From my D.C. colleague Jim Mitchell: Procedures for designation of West-wide Energy Corridors pursuant to Section 368 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 are to be revised to allay concerns that (i)...
View ArticleFERC Relaxes Rules for Sales of Ancillary Services at Market-Based Rates
From energy partner Jim Mitchell of our DC office: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has expanded the ability of owners of generation facilities to sell certain generation-related ancillary...
View ArticleEnvironmental Redispatch, Round 2
On December 7, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order granting the relief requested by a group of Complainants against the “Environmental Redispatch” policy adopted...
View ArticleFERC Adopts Guidelines for Allocation of Capacity on New Merchant...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted at its meeting on January 17, 2013, to facilitate non-discriminatory access to the transmission grid by (a) issuing guidelines for allocation of capacity...
View ArticleEEI Urges FERC to Support Transmission Investment
The Edison Electric Institute recently issued a White Paper discussing the need for utilities to receive rates of return on investments in transmission facilities sufficient to enable them to attract...
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