Topic
Electricity Grid
70 published works
China Law Insight
美国最新行政命令——对中国公司在美能源项目的负面影响
By King & Wood
要点： 美国总统特朗普于2020年5月1日发布行政命令，要求能源部协同其他机构，以禁止涉及由外国对手开发、制造或供应的大容量电力系统电气设备的交易。 该行政命令以及相关实施细则将影响在美国从事发电和输电的参与者，包括电力项目和电网的开发商、投资商、承包商以及供应商。 该行政命令以及相关实施细则适用于收购、进口、转让货物以及技术、安装以及可能的维修和保养。 现存的项目应观望实施细则具体条款的出台；有待于进一步了解该法规带来的影响，新项目可能会被搁置或者推迟。 保守估计，包括电力传输网络在内的美国电力项目可能将会避免涉及中国的投资以及中国产品和技术的使用。
Washington Energy Report
Eighth Circuit Denies Petition for Review of Tri-State’s Placement in SPP Zone 17
By Miles Kiger
On April 30, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) denied Nebraska Public Power District’s (“NPPD”) petition for review of FERC’s approval of the…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts Separate Planning Process for CIP-014 Mitigation Projects in PJM
On March 17, 2020, FERC accepted revisions to the PJM Interconnection LLC (“PJM”) Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) to establish enhanced procedures for compliance with the North American Electric Reliability…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Cybersecurity and the Electric Grid – New GAO Report Identifies Actions Needed to Address Cybersecurity Risks
By Robinson+Cole's Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Team
The United States Government Accounting Office (GAO) recently issued a report on the cybersecurity risks facing the electric grid. The GAO reviewed the cybersecurity of the electric grid to determine…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Cyberattack Disrupted Electrical Grid
By Peter Vogel
E&E (Energy & Environment) News reported that “A recent cyber disruption to the U.S. grid involved a “denial of service condition” at a Western utility, according to a Department of…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
86th Texas Legislature to Consider Bills Concerning Cybersecurity and Storage, Among Other Electric Industry Issues
By the time the March 8, 2019 bill filing deadline for the 86th Texas Legislature passed, many bills concerning the electric industry had been filed. Storage, cybersecurity of the electric…
Law & The Environment
Would the Last Generator to Leave the Wholesale Competitive Energy Market Please Turn Off the Lights?
By Seth Jaffe
On Friday, Connecticut announced that it had reached agreement with Dominion, Eversource, and United Illuminating to keep the Millstone nuclear plant operating for 10 more years. Not coincidentally, on the…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
LP&L Files Formal Application to Join ERCOT
On September 1, 2017, after two years of extensive studies conducted by multiple stakeholders, Lubbock Power & Light (“LP&L”) submitted its formal application to the Public Utility Commission of Texas…
Renewable + Law
When the Big One Hits, We’ll All Be Thankful for Grid “Resiliency”
By Jason Johns, Jennifer Mersing
Or so Secretary Rick Perry and the DOE would have us believe. Approximately three weeks ago, the DOE made its pitch to FERC and the energy industry that a lack…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FERC Proposes New Cybersecurity Rules for Electric Grid
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed new rules to enhance cybersecurity for the electric grid in the U.S., which includes security management controls to specifically respond to risks…