On February 26, FERC issued an order extending through July 10, 2013, the deadline for all public utility transmission providers to submit their Order No. 1000 compliance filings with respect to interregional transmission coordination procedures as well as an interregional cost allocation method or methods.

The recent US presidential election results will bring new faces and policies to the energy world next year when the 115th Congress convenes and President-Elect Donald Trump...

The further evolving US and EU sanctions on Russia (and now, some newly emerging new Russian countersanctions) continue to challenge Russia-related business.

We have two clarifications and two updates to our blog post which noted that customer data is an asset that is covered by the definition of internal control.

CB Insights and Morgan Lewis are pleased to release a new survey that provides an industry analysis of some of 2015's largest deals in Q1 in which a corporate venture capitalist participated.

On June 15, 2011, NERC filed with FERC for approval of the revised Reliability Standard FAC-008-3 (Facility Ratings), which would replace the currently effective FAC-008-1 and FAC-009-1 Reliability Standards

Energy companies that offer group health plans to their employees should check on the plan's administration to minimize any litigation risk associated with inadequate compliance...

The U.S. government recently announced plans for a number of regulatory initiatives in 2015 that will affect the oil and gas industry.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) filed a Notice of Penalty summarizing an agreement by an unidentified electric utility to pay a $2.7 million penalty ...

The pay ratio rule, which was adopted on August 5, 2015, closely tracks the initial 2013 rule proposal, subject to limited exceptions.

Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc with some communications systems, including those relied upon by energy companies, throughout the affected Houston area.

A previous Morgan Lewis LawFlash, "New Jersey Employers Face New Questions Over Employee Marijuana Use" (January 10, 2010), reported that the New Jersey Legislature had passed the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act (the Medical Marijuana law), making New Jersey the fourteenth state to permit regulated use of medical marijuana.

Members of our labor and employment group published a LawFlash discussing the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updates on its COVID-19 guidance

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order on January 18 approving four Emergency Operations (EOP) reliability standards ...

In response to concerns that the ability of the electric system to provide frequency response following a system disturbance is falling across the United States, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...

The governors also cite China's $315 billion commitment through 2020 for ultra-high-voltage power lines by way of comparison to US commitments.

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on September 27 affirmed a decision of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York