Topic
legally enforceable obligations
3 published works
PURPA and Distributed Energy Resources Blog
Legally Enforceable Obligations: An Update on Great Divide
By Jennifer Key
Updating the Year in Review on Legally Enforceable Obligations (LEO), FERC issued an Intent Not to Act on New Mexico Public Regulation Commission’s (NMPRC) LEO standard, which was challenged by…
PURPA and Distributed Energy Resources Blog
The Formation of Legally Enforceable Obligations: The Year in Review (2018)
By Jennifer Key
The Legally Enforceable Obligation (LEO) concept is a construct of FERC that is used in one of FERC’s avoided cost pricing regulations, i.e., 18 CFR § 292.304(d)(2)(ii). The date a…
Washington Energy Report
Fifth Circuit Holds that Texas PUC Can Restrict Non-Firm QFs from Forming Legally Enforceable Obligations
On September 8, 2014, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) upheld a rule issued by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT”) which restricts…