Electricity Law – Page 2 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Media Inquiries

Comments Filed

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
NPR

The debate at the heart of new electricity transmission

August 6, 2024

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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

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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

FERC issued an order revising standard procedures used by utilities and regional transmission organizations for connecting generation projects to the transmission system. The D.C. Circuit will review the order.

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

Comments Filed

Electricity Law Initiative Responds to Utility Claims about Transmission Cartels

The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment about the value of collaboration in transmission planning in FERC’s ongoing rulemaking proceeding.

March 1, 2024