On December 7, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) used its authority under Section 211A of the Federal Power Act to direct Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) to submit a revised Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) that, according to the Commission, will provide "comparable transmission service that is not unduly discriminatory or preferential."

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on October 18, 2012, FERC proposed to direct NERC to develop reliability standards addressing the risk posed by geomagnetic disturbances.

On March 17, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order denying rehearing of Order No. 743, in which the Commission had directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to modify its definition of "bulk electric system," which serves to identify those entities subject to mandatory Reliability Standards.

On September 20, FERC granted Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC’s (Idaho Wind’s) petition for declaratory order concerning an Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) tariff provision providing for curtailments of energy from qualifying facilities (QFs).

The FERC recently approved a one-year extension for utilities to prepare to implement the new definition of the "bulk electric system".

On September 15, 2011, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to eliminate the semiannual storage reporting requirements for interstate and intrastate natural gas companies.

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on September 20, 2012, FERC proposed to approve the Northeast Power Coordinating Council’s (NPCC’s) Regional Reliability Standard on Underfrequency Load Shedding (UFLS).

In 2015, the bank facilitated around $15 billion in clean energy financing, so this pledge would increase that to $22 billion annually.

On June 30, 2011, NERC filed its remaining responses to FERC’s recent questions on the expected scope of bulk-power system facilities considered Critical Assets under the proposed CIP-002-4 Reliability Standard.

The renewable energy industry, now designated as a technology and innovation-related area of special concern to the protection of the US industrial and scientific base, is one of seven sectors...

On November 29 and 30, 2011, FERC hosted a technical conference to explore the progress made on addressing concerns raised at the February 8, 2011 Reliability Technical Conference.

This is the first of a series of trend reports tailored for our clients and friends to help companies stay a step ahead of legal issues that may affect their businesses.

The Food and Drug Administration has notified Congress that it intends to issue draft guidance to propose a risk-based, phased-in framework for oversight.

Last month, we had an engaging Fast Break session covering the growing importance of risk adjustment in various health insurance programs and novel government theories of liability associated with risk adjustment reporting.

Operations have been suspended through September 21 due to security concerns, and suspension may continue into the following week.

Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in "Microsoft Corp. v. i4i L.P."

Several retailers have recently been sued in a series of class action lawsuits alleging claims related to the processing of checks as electronic funds transfers.

Both the federal and state governments have promulgated new laws designed to ensure that companies are taking serious steps to protect the privacy of personal data.

The NRC is taking an important step toward an inclusive licensing regime for a new generation of reactors.

J.P. Morgan announced the creation of a blockchain-based currency, becoming the "first U.S. bank to create and successfully test a digital coin representing a fiat currency."