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Courts have differed on the standard of review applicable to contracts between individual parties where the contracts are silent with respect to the rights of the parties to seek a change in the contract rates, terms and conditions. On December 27, 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued proposed rules providing that, unless parties explicitly reserve the contractual right to seek modification under the lower "just and reasonable" standard, FERC will apply a "public interest" stand

NERC's 2026 Summer Reliability Assessment shows the North American power grid has added over 58 gigawatts of new capacity, yet reliability risks have fundamentally shifted from simple capacity shortfalls to complex...

In January, the Attorney General released a guidance document that details what the state will and will not approve in future private Proposition 65 lawsuit settlements.

On October 28, 2004, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a <I>Report and Order</I> (ET Docket No. 04-37) adopting new technical rules for the operation of Broadband over Power Line (BPL) systems.

While the law took effect immediately, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) was tasked with implementing the statute's directives into regulations.

Energy industry participants have been, and continue to be, greatly affected by the sustained and continued spread of the novel coronavirus disease ("COVID-19").

A great deal of progress has been made in decarbonizing the power sector through deployment of clean electricity generation technologies such as wind and solar.

Several speakers at the recent American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) annual conference in New Orleans lauded the positive impact of Congress's extensions of the production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC) in December 2015.

Majority Leader Reid pulled the plug on a carbon pricing element of the energy bill, citing insufficient votes.

In a long line of cases, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Supreme Court) has held that the Code generally preempts the field of public utility regulation.

On February 2, 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “Commission”) issued final rules to implement Congress’ mandate in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide for a system of mandatory, enforceable standards to assure the reliability of the bulk power system. (Docket No. RM05-30-000; Order No. 672.) These rules address the certification of an Electric Reliability Organization (an “ERO”) and the procedures for establishment, approval and enforcement of mandatory electric reliabili

In a Compliance Process Bulletin issued yesterday, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) provided guidance to entities registered for compliance with the mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards on delegating reliability tasks to third parties.

Decision brings more clarity to jurisdictional boundaries between state public utility regulatory commissions and FERC set forth by the Federal Power Act.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $237 million in funding to strengthen domestic manufacturing of critical electric grid components, targeting transformers, circuit breakers, and battery storage systems. This funding opportunity splits resources between equipment refurbishment programs and the development of domestically sourced alternative materials to reduce foreign supply chain dependencies.

On May 18, 2006, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reform the open access transmission tariff. (Docket No.RM05-25) The reforms, while not making dramatic changes, mark the first significant alteration to the open access transmission rules in the decade since their enactment

More than year ago this blog addressed ago the possible implications of a FERC ruling in the PJM Order No. 2222 compliance docket on the issue of whether net metered retail (NEM) customers compensated through credits at the full retail rate.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Order No. 856-A on July 18, 2019 granted in part and denied in part a request for rehearing of Order No. 856. Order No. 856 eased restrictions...

On October 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) proposed changes to the method of collection and data being collected in its Electric Quarterly Reports (EQRs).