Last week, Commissioner Rob Powelson announced that he will be leaving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in mid-August to become the President and CEO of the National Association of Water Companies.
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FERC Commissioner Rob Powelson Announces Departure
By Andrew Kaplan, Randall Rich & Ruta Kalvaitis Skucas | Pierce Atwood LLPSign up and get Breaking Energy news in your inbox.
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By Energy Tomorrow Blog
The notion that failing coal and nuclear plants need to be propped up by Washington continues to be advanced by some in the administration and, of course, members of the industries that would benefit from bailouts – usually by attacking natural gas and its infrastructure. In recent months we’ve rebutted their claims that the nation’s electricity… Keep reading →
Energy Newsletter – June 2018
By Erich Almonte, Patricia Barmeyer & Sarah Borders | King & Spalding
The recent rebound in the international energy industry is being driven, at least in part, by a large and growing appetite for U.S. hydrocarbon commodity products from buyers in China
FERC Enforcement Settlement Highlights M&A Compliance Risks; May Suggest Enforcement Policy Changes
By David Applebaum & Todd Brecher | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
FERC has approved a settlement between its Office of Enforcement and Duke Energy Corporation
Energy Storage To Benefit From FERC’s Recent Large Generator Interconnection Reforms
By George (Chip) Cannon, Jr. & Scott Daniel Johnson | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Driven in part by “low natural gas prices, technological advances, and federal and state policies,” the rapid rate of new energy projects seeking interconnection has caused a variety of concerns since FERC’s last major large generator interconnection reforms
Currents: Energy Industry Insights – May 2018 #4
By Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
FERC Won’t Consider Big Climate Change Effects in Pipeline Reviews
Dear FirstEnergy, America Doesn’t Need Your Coal Plants
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
Why do grocers mark down the price of asparagus in the spring, or strawberries in the summer? Because they’re in season and stores have excess supply, and they need to increase demand by cutting prices. The lower prices are a sign, or “price signal,” of excess supply, and the grocers are following the economic law… Keep reading →
Recommendations For A Resilient Grid, No Federal Coal Bailout Required
By Environmental Defense Fund Energy Exchange Blog
In the past year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has used the issue of grid resilience as cover for an aggressive campaign to funnel a multi-billion-dollar yearly bailout to the owners of old, uneconomic coal and nuclear power plants. Although this DOE effort was rightly rejected by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in January, the issue of… Keep reading →
FERC Wants To Open Up Energy Markets To Distributed Energy
By Thomas Burton III & Sahir Surmeli | Mintz Levin - Energy & Sustainability Matters
On November 17, the FERC released a new rule proposal that could help push U.S. energy markets to adopt energy storage systems at a faster pace by allowing distributed energy resources.
Renewable Energy Update – April 2018 #4
By William R. Devine, Barry Epstein & Renée Louise Robin | Allen Matkins
Wind and solar accounted for more than 98 percent of all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in the first two months of this year.
