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FERC Renews Focus on Order No. 860 Database Compliance
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC’s”) Order No. 860 required all entities authorized by FERC to sell electric energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services at market-based rates (“MBR Sellers”) to submit baseline filings to FERC’s MBR Relational database by February 1, 2022...
FERC Proposes Overhaul of Interconnection Procedures
On June 16, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Generator Interconnection Reform NOPR”) seeking comments on proposed reforms to FERC’s pro forma interconnection procedures found in transmission providers’ Open Access Transmission...
FERC Issues Proposal to Overhaul Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
On April 21, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued a much-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing changes to its transmission planning and cost allocation policies that are intended to promote the more efficient and cost-effective...
The Shifting Energy Policy Zeitgeist and Investment Implications
On March 24, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made an unexpected and bipartisan about-face on its freshly updated policies for considering the environmental impacts of natural gas infrastructure projects like pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities. 1...
"A Clash of Two Congressionally Constructed Titans": Fifth Circuit Declares Bankruptcy Court Victorious Over FERC in In re Ultra Petroleum Corporation
On March 14, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) revisited the issue of the rejection of filed-rate contracts in bankruptcy where such contracts are governed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”)...
Navigating the Rapid Tempo of Evolving Sanctions and Export Controls
Bracewell Partners Michael Brooks and Anne Termine hosted a Flash Roundtable led by Seth DuCharme , a partner in Bracewell's government enforcement and investigations practice and the Former Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. Seth explained how...
A Second Life for Batteries
The surge in the deployment of utility-scale and electric vehicle batteries requires a regulatory regime to govern what we do with all these batteries once no longer fit for their initial purpose. The existing regimes in the EU and UK...
PHMSA Informational Meeting on Upcoming Leak Detection Inspections
On January 27, 2022, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a public informational meeting on February 17, 2022 regarding PHMSA’s plan for forthcoming audits of updated inspection and maintenance plans to eliminate and minimize leaks pursuant to...
FERC Seeks Stakeholder Input on Reactive Power Compensation
On November 18, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued a notice of inquiry seeking comment on a broad array of issues related to FERC’s policies respecting compensation to generation owners—including conventional resources, renewable resources, and resources interconnected to...
Electricity Transmission Provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
On Monday, November 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”), commonly referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill. The package provides funding opportunities for a variety of traditional infrastructure projects...
ICLG: UK Renewable Energy Law and Regulations 2022
United Kingdom 1. Overview of the Renewable Energy Sector 1.1 What is the basis of renewable energy policy and regulation in this jurisdiction and is there a statutory definition of ‘renewable energy’, ‘clean energy’ or equivalent terminology? The Promotion of...
Compliance Take Heed: CFTC Fines Tyson Foods $1.5 Million for Position Limits, Reporting, and Record Keeping Violations
On August 13, 2021, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approved a settlement to resolve allegations that Tyson Foods, Inc. (“Tyson”) exceeded the CFTC’s position limits for soybean meal futures contracts and failed to comply with related reporting...
FERC Announces Members and Establishes First Meeting for Joint Federal-State Transmission Task Force
On August 30, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an order advancing its efforts on the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission (“Task Force”) [1] initially announced in a June 17, 2021 FERC order . [2] The...
Understanding Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act
Over two decades in the making, the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has become law and establishes a new reality for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. The scale of the changes implemented by the PIA is widespread and profound – it...
FERC Launches Sweeping Effort to Gather Input on – and Potentially Overhaul – its Transmission Planning, Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection Rules
On July 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANOPR”) requesting comment on a broad set of potential reforms to the Commission’s regional transmission planning, regional transmission cost allocation, and...