FERC Unexpectedly Announces Review of its Certification Policy for Natural Gas Pipelines
USA - December 22 2017 On December 21, 2017, FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre unexpectedly announced at his first Commission meeting that FERC will conduct a review of its 1999...
Government Accountability Office Urges FERC to Improve Data Collection and Assessment of Capacity Market Performance
USA - December 19 2017 On December 7, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a report summarizing its review of FERC’s oversight of the nation’s four...
Lawsuit Accuses New England Natural Gas Companies of Withholding Pipeline Capacity
USA - December 12 2017 On November 16, 2017, twelve New England electricity consumers (“Plaintiffs”) filed a class action lawsuit in in the U.S. District Court of...
FERC Denies Rehearing of Atlantic Sunrise Project Pipeline Approval
USA - December 12 2017 On December 6, 2017, FERC denied requests for rehearing of its prior order (“February Order”) authorizing Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company...
FERC Claims Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Energy Efficiency Resources in Wholesale Electricity Markets
USA - December 6 2017 On December 1, 2017, FERC concluded that it has exclusive jurisdiction over the participation of energy efficiency resources ("EERs") in wholesale...
