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Electricity Grid
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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…
Energy and Utilities
Trump Executive Order Labels “Improving the U.S. Electric Grid” as a “High Priority Infrastructure Project”
Moving forward, in part, on a campaign promise to adopt an infrastructure plan to “transform America’s crumbling infrastructure,” today President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Expediting Environmental Reviews and…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues final rule on cybersecurity standards
Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final rule, which creates standards for cybersecurity of the electric grid. The final rule adopts seven revised critical infrastructure protection Reliability…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
FERC Issues a Notice of Inquiry on Primary Frequency Response
By Noy S. Davis, Jed Dearborn, Jesse Halpern
Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking comment on the need for reforms regarding the provision of and compensation for primary frequency response.…
Energy & Environmental Law Adviser
FERC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) Regarding RTO/ISO Collection of Uniform Organized Market Participant Data
Introduction FERC’s September 17, 2015 notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM15-23-000 would impose significant information-gathering requirements on participants in markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and…
PropertyProf Blog
Lyons on Preserving State and Local Voices in the Green Energy Revolution
Daniel Lyons (Boston College) has posted Federalism and the Rise of Renewable Energy: Preserving State and Local Voices in the Green Energy Revolution (Case Western Law Review) on SSRN. Here's…
PropertyProf Blog
Klass on the Siting of Transmission Lines
Alexandra Klass (Minnesota) has posted The Electric Grid at a Crossroads: A Regional Approach to Siting Transmission Lines (Davis Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:The current regulatory framework for…
Renewable + Law
FERC Initiates Proposed Rulemaking Affecting Interconnection Facilities
By Jason Johns
FERC issues a proposed rulemaking that impacts the owners of gen-tie lines, and the rulemaking is particularly important to renewable energy developers who are interested in maintaining priority to gen-tie…
Energy and Utilities
FERC Acts to Improve Coordination Between the Natural Gas and Electricity Industries
By Bud Earley
The increasing reliance on natural gas to fuel electricity generators has sparked a need for more coordination between the operators of gas pipelines and electricity grids. Up to now, markets…
Renewable + Law
Raising the Bar For Interconnection In the Southwest Power Pool
By Jason Johns
Like other Independent System Operators have done before it, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is back at the drawing board in an effort to further refine its generator interconnection procedures…