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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently convened a technical conference examining governance reform at PJM Interconnection LLC, where panelists and commissioners explored critical structural changes needed to address rapidly evolving reliability, transmission, resource adequacy and market challenges. The discussion centered on four potential reform areas: increasing PJM board independence, expanding filing rights, enhancing state involvement in governance, and streamlining stakeholder processes th

The nuclear-powered electric-generation sector operates within a unique regulatory structure for protecting human health and the environment. During construction and throughout operation, nuclear facilities must establish and maintain funds to meet the expected costs of shutting down and, to the extent necessary, cleaning up their properties following the cessation of licensed operations.

Nearly two dozen states and territories (the "Sovereigns")—along with a number of municipalities, water districts, the California State Water Board, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation...

Elon Musk, developer of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, prides himself in disrupting business models of market incumbents.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has initiated unprecedented regulatory proceedings targeting how data centers, advanced manufacturing facilities, and other large electrical loads connect to and utilize the interstate transmission system.

Since November 9, observers of the energy industry have been poring over the campaign speeches and statements of candidate Donald Trump to divine the energy policy...

A Federal District Court recently held that a proposed civil penalty assessed by FERC was subject to a full trial de novo where the respondent elects to forego a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge.

FERC has recently stepped up enforcement of many provisions of the Federal Power Act ("FPA"), including Section 305, which imposes limitations on persons who serve as officers or directors of public utility companies.

In the past 18 months, the federal regulatory posture toward data center power has moved from outright rejection to active rulemaking.

The first two alerts in this series traced the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or the Commission) regulatory trajectory and the political economy now shaping data center power. This alert turns to the structuring question that sits at the center of every behind-the-meter generation and co-located load transaction serving data centers (collectively, BTM): how to design an arrangement that achieves the developer’s commercial objectives while managing, or, where the project configuration permits, avoiding FERC jurisdiction.

In this NERA paper, Vice Presidents James Heidell and Sandra Ringelstetter Ennis examine the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order 1000, which addresses a wide range of policy issues, including provisions that may prove beneficial to advance transmission projects for renewable energy and other merchant power projects.

On 15 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down its reasons1 for dismissing the various appeals made against the sanction of the Thames Water restructuring...

On June 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order (the Show Cause Order) requiring PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. (MISO)...

Welcome to this month's edition of Plugged In. In this issue, we focus on the complex challenges facing electric utilities in addressing the critical need to adequately generate and transmit electricity to power the transformational transition from ICE to EVs.

In response to a nation increasingly concerned about its energy supply, President Bush announced with considerable fanfare the landmark Energy Policy Act of 2005 (the "Act"), launching – in the President’s own words – "an energy strategy for the 21st century."

On April 20, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the "Department") issued an order1 revoking its Prohibition Order Securing Critical Defense Facilities, issued December 17...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission began issuing final rules in December to implement parts of a new energy law that President Bush signed on August 8.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) on March 12, 2026, issued the Speed to Power Through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK)...