Topic
Energy Regulation
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Washington Energy Report
FERC Approves Dual Transmission Rate Incentives for Empire District’s $800 Million SPP Transmission Portfolio
By Monica Sterling, Dixon Wallace
On August 31, 2026, FERC granted The Empire District Electric Company (Empire District) two transmission rate incentives for its portfolio of electric transmission projects in the Southwest Power Pool, Inc.…
Global Financial Regulatory Blog
Fifth Circuit Grants Stay of Injunction Blocking the Anti-ESG “Boycott Law”
The Texas energy law will likely be enforced while the appeal is ongoing. By Mollie Duckworth, Betty M. Huber, and Taj J. Clayton On May 29, 2026, the Fifth Circuit…
Regulatory Oversight
Another Alternative Retail Electric Supplier Enforcement Action Settles in Illinois
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On June 4, 2026, Illinois Attorney General (AG) Kwame Raoul announced a settlement with Rushmore Energy, LLC (Rushmore), resolving allegations that the company violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive…
Washington Energy Report
DC Circuit Dismisses Solar Developers’ Challenges to SPP Network Upgrade Cost Allocation for Lack of Standing
By Monica Sterling, S. Jennifer Panahi
On May 19, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) dismissed Cage Ranch Solar LLC’s and Cage Ranch Solar II, LLC’s (collectively, Cage…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Sets Oil Pipeline Price Index for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031
On April 24, 2026, FERC issued a Final Rule establishing a Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG) minus 0.55% for oil pipelines. The Commission set the revised PPI-FG for…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts PJM Capacity Market Price Collar Extension
By Alex Spratley, Mary-Kate Rigney
On April 28, 2026, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) revisions to establish a price cap and floor for all Reliability Pricing Model (RPM) auctions…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Dismisses BGE Complaint Against Transco Challenging Negotiated Rate Below Recourse Rate
On February 19, 2026, FERC dismissed a complaint filed by Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE) against Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) asserting that BGE had a contractual…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Grants ISO-NE Waiver in Capacity Scarcity Penalty Case
By Sahara Shrestha, Antonia Douglas
On October 31, 2025, FERC granted ISO New England’s (ISO-NE) request for a limited waiver of its Tariff and Billing Policy to refund, approximately $68,000 in Capacity Performance charges to…
Power & Pipes
FERC Final Rules to Sunset Certain Energy Regulations
By Publisher
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on October 1, 2025 finalized a final rule under Docket No. RM25-14 to sunset dozens of existing regulations affecting the electric and natural gas…
The Energy Law Blog
Podcast: The Oil and Gas Regulator with an Unlikely Name: The Texas Railroad Commission
In this episode of "Energy Law This Week," hosts Matt Jones and April L. Rolen-Ogden discuss the Texas Railroad Commission with Kelli Kenney, who is deeply immersed in the legal…