Topic
Grid Reliability
111 published works
Environment, Land & Resources
House Passes Bill to Resolve Conflict Between the Clean Air Act and Federal Power Act
by David Pettit On August 1, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2012 (H.R. 4273) with broad bipartisan support to…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Releases NOPR to Approve SERC Regional Reliability Standard on Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding Requirements
On July 19, 2012, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing to approve a new National Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) regional reliability standard governing the coordination of automatic…
Energy Business Law
Texas Is Open for Business, but Can We Keep the Lights On?
by Matt Archer and Maine Stephan Goodfellow The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is a leader in the development and advancement of the competitive power markets in the United…
Washington Energy Report
GenOn Claims New England Unit Caught Between EPA and ISO-New England
On June 14, 2012, GenOn Energy Management, LLC and GenOn Kendall, LLC (collectively, “GenOn”) filed a pleading with FERC arguing that GenOn’s Kendall plant in Massachusetts may be forced to…
Washington Energy Report
FERC/NRC Hold Joint Meeting
On June 15, 2012, FERC and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) held a joint meeting on grid reliability at FERC. The meeting was in furtherance of a Memorandum of Agreement…
Focus on Regulation
NRC and FERC to Host Joint Meeting to Address Electric Grid Reliability
On Friday, June 15, 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold a joint meeting at FERC's headquarters to continue ongoing discussions to address…
Washington Energy Report
House Bill to Address Reliability Impacts of EPA Rules Divides EPA and FERC
On May 9, 2012, the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing on H.R. 4273: “Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts…
Energy Business Law
FERC Conditionally Accepts New Enforcement Mechanism for Electric Reliability Standards
by Elizabeth P. Philpott The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently approved with conditions the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) petition proposing the use of the “Find, Fix, Track…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Commissioner Issues Request for Comments
On February 3, 2012, FERC Commissioner Phillip Moeller (R) released a request seeking comments from natural gas and electricity markets on ways to become more coordinated and ensure reliability. Commissioner…
Smart Grid Legal News
NARUC/FERC Forum on Reliability and the Environment
By Linda Evers
The NARUC 2012 Winter Committee Meetings were full of informative sessions. With over 700 people in attendance, the Forum on Reliability and the Environment was definitely one of the popular…