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Grid Reliability
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Beyond the First 100 Days
White House Issues Executive Order to Expand Use of Emergency Federal Power Act Provision
The order directs the Secretary of Energy to designate certain generation resources as critical and work to prevent such resources from being retired or replaced. On April 8, 2025, the…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
New “Ride-Through” Requirements for Inverter-Based Resources: FERC Seeks Comments on NERC’s Proposed New Reliability Standards
By Linda Walsh, Michael Blackwell, Corban Coffman
On December 19, 2024, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to approve the addition of the newly defined term “Ride-through” to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
FERC Approves NERC’s Expanded Registration Requirements
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) recently approved the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (“NERC”) request to expand registration and compliance requirements to inverter-based resources (“IBRs”) that meet or exceed…
Washington Energy Report
Eighth Circuit Applies FERC’s Filed Rate Doctrine to Reject Allegations that SPP Breached an Oral Contract Made During Winter Storm Uri
By Quintessa Davis, Elizabeth McCormick
On August 5, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) denied Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s (“AECI”) petition for review of a Federal Energy Regulatory…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
A Survey Of Texas Electric System Legislative Implementation
By Chris Reeder, Alaina Zermeno, Michael Blackwell
The Texas Legislature, primarily responding to the unprecedented ERCOT system load shed event during 2021’s Winter Storm Uri, enacted far-reaching system and wholesale market reforms during its 2021 and 2023…
Washington Energy Report
PJM Files Capacity Market Overhaul for Resource Adequacy and Grid Reliability
By Antonia Douglas, S. Jennifer Panahi
On October 13, 2023, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) submitted two filings with FERC proposing revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Tariff”) and its “Reliability Assurance Agreement” (“RAA”) designed to…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Directs NERC to Develop Reliability Standards for Inverter Based Resources
By Steven G. Boughton, Katherine O'Konski
On October 19, 2023, FERC issued a final rule directing the North American Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to develop or modify reliability standards to address reliability concerns attributable to inverter-based resources…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Accepts PJM Capacity Market Revisions to Locational Deliverability Area Reliability Requirement, Sparks Strong Dissent from Commissioner Danly
By S. Jennifer Panahi, Katherine O'Konski
On February 21, 2023, FERC accepted PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposed tariff revisions governing the Locational Deliverability Area Reliability Requirement (“LDA Reliability Requirement”) calculation, effective December 24, 2022, and applicable…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
Update on 2022 Activity at the Texas Public Utility Commission
By Chris Reeder, Michael Blackwell, Dakota Parish
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (Commission) plays a vital role in regulating the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) wholesale market, and retail energy markets throughout all of Texas.…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Issues Proposals Regarding Inverter-Based Resources to Improve Grid Reliability
By Quintessa Davis, S. Jennifer Panahi, Elizabeth McCormick
On November 17, 2022, FERC issued three orders intended to address the reliability impacts of the rapid integration of inverter-based resources (“IBRs”), including solar, wind, fuel cell, and battery storage…