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On January 4, 2017, FERC issued an order conditionally accepting certain Open Access Transmission Tariff ("Tariff") revisions submitted by the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. ("SPP") in November 2016.

In a recent order, FERC pulled back, for now, its decision to sharply limit the ability of retail regulators to prohibit distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators from bidding retail customer...

In December 2025, the Georgia Public Service Commission approved a plan letting Georgia Power add 9,985 megawatts of generation by 2030.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities today issued its Order Announcing Notification Date in its proceeding under 16-64, setting September 26, 2016 at 2PM as the "Notification Date" related to the transition to market net metering credits for private net metering projects.

On June 30, 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that it approved over 2.6 GW of offshore wind (OSW) in the state's second OSW solicitation in Docket No. QO20080555.

In an order issued February 23 (the Order),1 the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) took the surprising step of effectively and prospectively shutting down the competitive retail electricity market...

EPA held two listening sessions recently to announce its intention to draft a formal enforcement discretion policy that would shield certain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)...

Companies are starting to register key hashtags. However, the hashtag's legal status remains murky, and is considered a leading legal issue facing marketers.

This webcast brings together a diverse panel of professionals in electric utility tax issues to discuss the impact of the 2017 Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ("TCJA") on electric utilities

As cybercriminals continue to set their sights on public utilities, a bipartisan effort led by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) is aiming to turn up the dial on U.S. electric grid cybersecurity.

By a 5-0 vote on December 15, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission ended retail rate net metering for Californians with distributed generation (including residential solar systems) and replaced it with a new program referred to as "Net Billing" or "NEM 3.0."

Have you ever wondered how utilities are responding to the recent influx of solar, battery storage and EV charging on the grid and what havoc this might cause if not monitored properly?

Currently, Section 203 of the FPA requires public utilities to seek FERC approval for several kinds of transactions involving utility assets, including "to merge or consolidate jurisdictional facilities."

On May 29, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill No. 3809 into law, adding new provisions to the Texas Utilities Code that impose decommissioning and financial assurance requirements...

Over the past several years, the energy sector has become a prime target for hacking and ransomware attacks, with over 40 attacks on the industry since 2017.

The newly passed "highway bill," the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, amends the Federal Power Act to incorporate new energy security provisions.

This month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finally released "Connecting America: The National Broadband Plan".