The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued a Notice of Inquiry seeking comment on whether and/or how FERC should revise its current policy concerning priority rights on interconnection lines that connect generators to the larger transmission grid. Comments are due...
As previously noted in an Energy Legal Blog post on March 19 , in an order resolving a complaint filed by DC Energy, LLC and DC Energy Mid"Atlantic, LLC against PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)...
In an order resolving a complaint filed by DC Energy, LLC and DC Energy Mid-Atlantic, LLC against PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), 1 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has ruled that in order for an Internal Bilateral Transaction (IBT) to...
On February 16, 2012, FERC issued an order ( February 16 Order ) reaffirming its existing merger review policies under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and its current framework for analyzing requests for market-based rate authority under...
On February 16, 2012, FERC issued two orders regarding locational exchanges of wholesale electric power, the implications of which will require prior authorization for a subset of future locational exchanges. FERC also indicated that its decisions might result in modifications...
Mark Lewis , an oil & gas attorney and Managing Partner of Bracewell & Giuliani's Washington, D.C. office, discussed some of the latest issues affecting the oil and gas industry with Pipeline & Gas Journal editor Jeff Share. On the...