Electricity Law – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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Regulatory Tracker

Regional Transmission Planning Rule

FERC approved Order No. 1920, directing utilities and Regional Transmission Organizations to produce long-term regional transmission plans. The Fourth Circuit will review the rule.

November 21, 2024

Legal Analysis

Electricity Law Initiative Bolsters Its Protest of PJM Utilities’ New Contract

ELI rebutted arguments filed by PJM and its member utilities about their proposed amendments

October 25, 2024

Comments Filed

Challenging the Hidden Clean Energy Tax

Electricity Law Initiative submits comments supporting FERC’s efforts to reduce costs for new power plants.

October 25, 2024

In the Media

The debate at the heart of new electricity transmission

August 6, 2024

Legal Analysis

Electricity Law Initiative Protests Utilities’ Proposal to Control PJM Decisions

Protest exposes how the CTOA amendments enable the utilities to interfere and obstruct PJM’s decisionmaking processes.

July 22, 2024

Legal Analysis

Electricity Law Initiative Files Requests for Rehearing and Clarification about FERC’s New Transmission Planning Rule

ELI’s urges FERC to clarify that regional planning must consider all transmission users’ needs and that this requirement is based on FERC’s long-standing comparability principle.

June 12, 2024

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — FERC’s New Approach to Improving Transmission Investment

How the utility industry thinks about building new high-voltage transmission lines and how FERC is trying to push industry to develop more transmission to accommodate new, affordable, clean sources of electricity.

June 11, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

Generation Interconnection Rule

The interconnection process is one of the primary bottlenecks to meeting electricity demand and advancing decarbonization goals. Before it can provide power, a new generator must apply to the local utility for permission to interconnect to the transmission system.

May 16, 2024

EELP News

April 10 Webinar: State Perspectives on Power Sector Changes

EELP panel discussion with state utility regulators and policymakers exploring state approaches to maintaining a reliable, affordable, and cleaner power system.

April 4, 2024