On December 30, 2025, ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) and the New England Power Pool Participants Committee (NEPOOL) filed proposed revisions to ISO-NE’s Transmission, Markets and Services Tariff (Tariff) to establish a prompt capacity market and deactivation framework (CAR-PD) to
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 SPP Tariff Revisions Allowing Real-Time Dispatchable Interchange Transactions
On December 10, 2025, FERC accepted Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (SPP) proposed tariff revision to extend its existing day-ahead market dispatchable transaction model into the real-time balancing market (RTBM). The Commission found the proposal to be just and reasonable and…
FERC Orders PJM to Establish Terms and Conditions in its Tariff for Co-Location Arrangements
On December 18, 2025, FERC directed PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) to revise its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) to:
1) establish terms that an Interconnection Customer seeking to serve co-located load must follow when effectuating a co-location arrangement;2) clarify the…
FERC Upholds Application of SFV Rate Design to NGPA Section 311 Service
On December 18, 2025, FERC maintained that gas pipelines offering service under section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) that base their section 311 rates on state-approved rates must nonetheless comply with Straight-Fixed Variable (SFV) rate design or…
FERC Accepts MISO’s Revised Demand Resource Real Power Testing Requirements
On November 17, 2025, FERC accepted the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (MISO) proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) to modify real power testing requirements for Demand Resources. MISO specifically proposed more stringent requirements for Demand Resources…
FERC Terminates Long-Pending Rulemaking and Policy Proceedings
On November 20, 2025, FERC terminated several long-pending rulemaking and policy dockets in an effort to provide “regulatory certainty.” Specifically, FERC closed RM22-20, RM18-10, RM20-7, and PL20-7.
RM22-20 proposed requiring that any entity communicating with FERC or other specified organizations…
FERC Stabilizes Oil Pipeline Price Index Levels for 2021-2026 Period
By Ben Duwve & Antonia Douglas
On November 20, 2025, FERC took several steps aimed at finalizing oil pipeline price index levels for the July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2026, time period (“2021-2026 Period”). First, FERC set the oil pipeline index level for the 2021-2026…
Court Denies Injunction Seeking to Halt FERC Enforcement Proceedings
By Sahara Shrestha & Jill Drum
On November 24, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina denied American Efficient LLC’s (American Efficient) preliminary injunction seeking to halt FERC’s civil enforcement proceedings for alleged market manipulation and tariff violations. American Efficient argued…
MISO to Expand Number of Interconnection Requests it Can Study on Expedited Basis
On November 25, 2025, FERC accepted the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (MISO) proposal to expand the number of interconnection requests MISO may study under its temporary, fast-tracked generator interconnection process. FERC concluded that the proposal will help ensure interconnection…
Watt’s Up, ERCOT?
Co-hosts Bill Derasmo and Casey Bell sit down with OCI Energy President Sabah Bayatli to unpack OCI’s approach to utility‑scale solar and four‑hour battery storage, explain why ERCOT remains a prime market in Texas, and examine how data centers and…