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New FERC rule and order

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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April 8 2010

On March 19, FERC issued a new rule that exempts electric generation facilities with a capacity of 1MW or less from the requirement to file for QF certification or recertification

FERC responds to industry objections with modest changes to its penalty guidelines

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 22 2010

On Friday, Sep. 17, 2010, FERC issued a Revised Policy Statement on Penalty Guidelines, 132 FERC 61,216 (the “Guidelines”

FERC rules on priority rights to capacity on generator tie-lines

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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September 23 2010

On September 16, 2010, FERC issued two orders that continue to leave the owners of generator tie-lines guessing on the standards they have to meet to preserve the right to deliver energy from their future generating plants that would depend on using their tie-line facilities

Widening scope of NERC and FERC enforcement of reliability standards may be costly for renewables and other generators

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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December 27 2010

In recent months NERC and FERC have signaled an expansion of the scope and enforcement of reliability standards with potentially significant implications for renewable energy developers and other generators

FERC tightens transmission incentives rules

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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October 4 2011

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order clarifying that utilities must reapply for transmission rate incentives when their projects are reconfigured in a significant way

FERC dismisses California’s claim for billions in refunds

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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June 2 2011

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") has dismissed a complaint filed by the California Attorney General ("AG") and associated state agencies and utilities seeking billions of dollars in damages from short-term bilateral power sales agreements between various power marketers and the Scheduling Division of the California Department of Water Resources ("CERS") in the wake of California's dysfunctional energy markets in 2000 and 2001

New DOJ merger remedies policy guide may have implications at FERC

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 1 2011

Earlier this year, FERC issued a notice of inquiry seeking comment on whether it should revise its horizontal market power test for mergers and other transactions under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act

FERC’s authority over market manipulation headed for court

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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December 1 2011

Not long after Congress granted the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission new authority to police market manipulation in the physical electric and natural gas markets that it regulates, then commissioner Sue Dean Kelly proclaimed that FERC now has the power to prosecute manipulation of the currency markets if it “affects” prices in markets within FERC’s core jurisdiction

FERC says generators must comply with reliability rules for transmission

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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November 30 2011

FERC recently issued an order affirming its decision in June to require owners of electricgeneration to comply with NERC’s reliability rules that apply to the owners and operators of electric transmission facilities

FERC pulls the plug on smart grid

Winston & Strawn LLP
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USA
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July 19 2011

FERC issued an order today to end a rulemaking process where it was considering whether to establish the standards to govern the way public utilities implement "smart grid" technologies on their transmission lines

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