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27 Aug 2012, 1:55 pm
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion confirming that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") cannot order publicly-owned utilities to pay refunds. [read post]
14 Aug 2019, 10:59 am by William Rappolt and Paul Kaufman
In a recent opinion, the Ninth Circuit held that the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff (Re-MAT) program and alternative Qualifying Facility (QF) standard offer contract (Standard Contract) were preempted by federal law. [read post]
7 Aug 2019, 3:49 pm by Seth Hilton
Peterman et al., ruling that California’s feed-in tariff for small qualifying facilities (QFs), the Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff (ReMAT), violates the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) (Ninth Circuit Case No. 17-17531). [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 10:41 pm
  The buyers' complaints were initially raised at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which denied the challenges on the ground that the Federal Power Act authorized FERC to change the terms of a bilateral contract only if the contract were improperly induced (for example, through fraud or duress) or found to be contrary to public (as opposed to private) interest. [read post]
14 Nov 2024, 7:55 am by Guest Contributor
Massive investment in added renewable energy and storage capacity in Texas, California and other states will continue, even as natural gas fired power plants are added or retained to replace more expensive, obsolescent coal plants and to meet the massive growth in baseload power demand from AI-driven data centers and other digital infrastructure. [read post]
5 Jul 2024, 3:49 pm by Steven Weissman
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 535 US1 (2002) – a case that pondered how far federal agencies can go in regulating electric transmission services. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 9:03 pm by Henry Miller
California Attorney General Rob Bonta called the decision “a victory for public safety in California,” and noted that the decision still allows “law-abiding gun owners to exercise their constitutional rights. [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 9:07 pm by Tyler Hoguet
Instead, federal regulation of cannabis should recognize and support robust, existing state regulatory systems, Litman concluded. [read post]
Second, we present evidence on public-company disclosures consistent with issuers’ understanding that the SEC has long had authority to take regulatory action in this area. [read post]
The offtake cancellations followed the New York State Public Service Commission’s October 2023 rejection of developers’ petitions for financial relief, unsuccessfully seeking to revise the projects’ Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Certificate (“OREC”) (i.e., a tradable commodity representing the environmental benefits of producing offshore wind energy) Purchase and Sale Agreements (“PSAs”) to reflect current commercial… [read post]
As general interest and investment in AI has accelerated since the initial public launch of ChatGPT, so too has the U.S. federal government both increased its spending in the area[i] and the speed with which it adopted guidelines on the utilization of AI more generally. [read post]
4 Jul 2024, 9:05 pm by Stephen Masterson
Gocke examined New York City’s mid-20th century transition from coal to natural gas, coordinated by New York’s Public Service Commission, to illustrate how public utility regulation can achieve environmental goals. [read post]
22 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding
SIGNIFICANT LEGAL AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS IN 2022 SEC’s proposed climate-related disclosure rules:  On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed expansive climate-related disclosure requirements in a proposing release that, if adopted, would require U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers to dramatically expand the breadth, specificity and rigor of climate-related disclosures in their SEC periodic reports and registration… [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 8:45 am by David Wagner
The 10 issues to watch are: Offshore wind power generation Renewable energy incentive programs Hydraulic fracturing regulation Aggregation Greenhouse gas litigation California's cap-and-trade program California's Green Chemistry program New mercury standards for coal and oil-burning power plants Fallout from CERCLA decision in Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. [read post]