Topic
Cost Allocation
79 published works
Washington Energy Report
FERC Denies NJBPU Complaint Regarding Bergen-Linden Corridor Project in PJM
By Adrienne Thompson, Thomas DeVita
On May 24, 2018, FERC denied a complaint filed by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“NJBPU”) alleging unjust and unreasonable cost allocations for the Bergen-Linden Corridor transmission project…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts PJM’s Load-Ratio Share and Solution-Based DFAX Proposal
By Jamond Perry, Christopher Zentz
On March 5, 2018, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) revisions to the appendices to Schedule 12 of its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”). Under Schedule 12, PJM annually files…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Affirms FERC Refund Denial in Louisiana PSC Cost Allocation Challenge
By Adrienne Thompson, Thomas DeVita
In a decision issued on March 6, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit” or the court) upheld a series of FERC orders…
Corporate and Securities Law
SEC Charges Platinum Equity for Misallocation of Broken Deal Expenses
Washington Energy Report
Sixth Circuit Holds that Departing Transmission Owners are Not Responsible for MISO Multi-Value Project Costs
On June 21, 2017, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (“Sixth Circuit”) upheld FERC’s determination that American Transmission Systems (“ATS”) and Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.…
Washington Energy Report
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Challenge to FERC’s Approval of SPP’s Order No. 1000 Tariff Revisions
By Russell Kooistra, Christopher Zentz
On June 1, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) dismissed LSP Transmission Holdings, LLC’s and LS Power Transmission, LLC’s (collectively, “LS Power”) challenges…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Proposes to Reform Uplift Cost Allocation and Transparency Practices for RTOs and ISOs
On January 19, 2017, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing to reform approaches to real-time uplift cost allocation and transparency practices by Regional Transmission Organizations (“RTO”) and…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Denies Rehearing of PJM and MISO Order No. 1000 Interregional Compliance Filings
By Adrienne Thompson, Christopher Zentz
On October 28, 2016, FERC issued an order that both partially accepted compliance filings and also denied rehearing requests from PJM Interconnection, LLC (“PJM”), Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”)…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Rejects CAISO’s “Amendment 60” Report for Retroactive Refunds Explaining Cost Allocation Errors Should Be Corrected Only Prospectively
By Jasmine Hites, Adrienne Thompson
On October 20, 2016, FERC issued an order that, among other things, rejected a refund report filed by the California Independent System Operator Corporation (“CAISO”). In so doing, FERC reiterated…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Denies Louisiana PSC Request for Rehearing of Policy on Refunds in Entergy Cost Allocation Cases
On September 26, 2016, FERC issued an order denying the Louisiana Public Service Commission’s (“LPSC”) request for rehearing (“Order Denying Rehearing”) of an April 29, 2016 order on remand from…