In this episode, Bill Derasmo sits down with Shane McBee, vice president of business development at Invinity Energy Systems, to unpack why vanadium may hold the key to solving one of the grid’s most persistent challenges. Invinity’s vanadium flow batteries
Washington Energy Report
The Washington Energy Report, published by Troutman Pepper Locke, focuses on regulatory developments and enforcement actions related to energy markets and infrastructure. It covers Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decisions on transmission tariffs, demand resource testing, pipeline price indices, and generator interconnection processes. The blog also addresses FERC rulemakings, policy proceedings, and litigation involving market manipulation and tariff compliance. Topics include regulatory certainty initiatives, enforcement proceedings, and procedural updates affecting oil pipelines, electricity markets, and natural gas infrastructure. The content is relevant for stakeholders in energy regulation, market operations, and compliance within the U.S. energy sector.
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FERC Approves PJM’s Tariff Revisions for an Expedited Interconnection Track
On June 9, 2026, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) proposal to establish an Expedited Interconnection Track process for Generating Facilities (EIT Process). In doing so, FERC found that the EIT Process will help address PJM’s imminent resource adequacy needs…
FERC Approves ISO-NE Updated Market Rules for Distributed Energy Resources
By Alex Spratley & Jill Drum
On May 29, 2026, FERC approved revisions to the ISO New England, Inc.’s (ISO-NE) proposed market rules for the participation of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and to implement a one-time extension to the period in which resources are required to…
Solid Flow, Strong Future
Join host Vaughn Morrison for a conversation with Giovanni Damato, president of CMBlu Energy U.S., as they dig into the company’s long‑duration, water‑based battery technology. They discuss how CMBlu’s solid‑flow design delivers multihour energy storage using nonflammable, nonlithium materials, opening…
FERC Denies Complaint Against PJM’s Transition Cycle No. 1 Process
By Ben Duwve & Dixon Wallace
On May 21, 2026, FERC denied a complaint filed by Gaston Green Acres Solar, LLC (Gaston) and Bethel NC Hwy 11 Solar, LLC (Bethel) (collectively, with Gaston, Complainants) against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) arguing: (1) PJM’s Open Access Transmission Tariff…
DC Circuit Dismisses Solar Developers’ Challenges to SPP Network Upgrade Cost Allocation for Lack of Standing
On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) dismissed Cage Ranch Solar LLC’s and Cage Ranch Solar II, LLC’s (collectively, Cage Ranch) consolidated petitions for review of FERC orders denying Cage…
FERC Proposes Increased Cost Limits and Other Changes to Natural Gas Blanket Certificate Program
On May 21, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed changes to its natural gas blanket certificate regulations to expand the scope and scale of projects that interstate natural gas pipelines may construct without a case-specific authorization order, and…
Congress Enacts S. 1020 to Extend Hydropower Construction Deadlines
On May 11, 2026, the President signed into law S. 1020, sponsored by Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.), which modifies the timelines under which certain federally licensed hydropower projects must begin construction. The law focuses on a…
FERC Sets Oil Pipeline Price Index for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031
By Ben Duwve & Jackie Triggs
On April 24, 2026, FERC issued a Final Rule establishing a Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG) minus 0.55% for oil pipelines. The Commission set the revised PPI-FG for a five-year period, July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031.…
FERC Accepts PJM Capacity Market Price Collar Extension
On April 28, 2026, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) revisions to establish a price cap and floor for all Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auctions for the 2028/2029 and 2029/2030 Delivery Years, finding that the…