Topic
Cost Allocation
79 published works
Washington Energy Report
FERC Again Rejects Without Prejudice TransAlta’s Cost Recovery Proposal for Compliance with DOE 202(c) Order
By Alex Spratley, Antonia Douglas
On October 19, 2026, FERC rejected without prejudice a proposal by TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC (TransAlta) to recover the costs of complying with a United States Department of Energy (DOE)…
Washington Energy Report
Order No. 1920-B Affirms FERC’s Long-Term Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Rule
By Sahara Shrestha, Ben Duwve, S. Jennifer Panahi
On April 11, 2025, FERC issued Order No. 1920-B, which clarified and maintained key requirements from Order No. 1920-A regarding long-term transmission planning and cost allocation. FERC clarified that transmission…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Finds That Interconnection Customers are Responsible for Network Upgrade Costs
By Juan Dawson, Elizabeth McCormick
On July 19, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued an Order denying Tenaska Clear Creek Wind, LLC’s (“Clear Creek”) challenges…
Washington Energy Report
Divided FERC Announces Much-Anticipated Transmission Rules
By Antonia Douglas, Sahara Shrestha, Russell Kooistra
On May 13, 2024, the Commission announced two major transmission reform final rules: Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation (“Order No. 1920”) and Applications…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Backs FERC in New York Cost Allocation Dispute, Giving FERC Broad Deference under the Rule of Reason
By Steven G. Boughton, S. Jennifer Panahi
On July 7, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued an opinion rejecting petitioner Hecate Energy Green County 3 LLC’s (“Hecate”) claim…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Sets NYPA Formula Rate Changes for Hearing, Including Proposed Template Utilizing “Massachusetts Method” for A&G Cost Allocation.
By Quintessa Davis, Miles Kiger
On January 23, 2023, FERC set New York Power Authority’s (“NYPA”) proposed revisions to its Formula Rate Template for hearing, including changing NYPA’s allocation methodology for administrative and general (“A&G”)…
PURPA and Distributed Energy Resources Blog
The Price of DER Aggregations and the Aggregated Impacts of DERs – How, to Whom, and By Whom, Costs Will Be Allocated All Remain Unclear
By Jennifer Key
Who will be paying for the impacts of on both distribution and transmission systems of widespread DER penetration, whether it is in the form of DER Aggregations under Order No.…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts SPP Region-Wide Transmission Cost Allocation Proposal
By Sahara Shrestha, S. Jennifer Panahi, Russell Kooistra
On October 28, 2022, FERC conditionally accepted Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) region-wide transmission cost allocation proposal. The revisions alter Attachment J of SPP’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) and…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Transmission Developer Challenge to MISO Baseline Reliability Project Cost Allocation
By Antonia Douglas, Adrienne Thompson
On August 19, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied a Petition for Review from LS Power and two other organizations (“Petitioners”) challenging FERC’s…
The Securities Law Blog
SEC Charges Private Equity Adviser for Failing to Disclose Disproportionate Expense Allocations to Fund
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey-based investment adviser Energy Capital Partners Management LP (ECP) with allocating undisclosed, disproportionate expenses to a private equity fund it advises. ECP…