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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

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October 26, 2022

Ari Peskoe Testifies at FERC Technical Conference on Transmission Planning and Costs, Files Statement and Evidence

On October 6, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convened utilities, consumer advocates, state regulators, transmission customers, and other policy experts to discuss transmission rate oversight. The five-panel technical conference […]

October 12, 2022

Legal Analysis

Electricity Law Initiative Files Brief Supporting Clean Energy in the Southeast

The amicus brief provides context for the advocates’ arguments by explaining why FERC’s regulation of interstate transmission service is necessary to counteract utilities’ market power, highlighting the key principles underlying FERC’s transmission rules, and outlining how FERC’s approval of SEEM violates FERC’s transmission rules.

September 28, 2022

Comments Filed

Electricity Law Initiative Comments on FERC Transmission Planning Proposal

The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment at FERC about its April 2022 proposal that would require utilities to engage in long-term transmission planning exercises. The Electricity Law Initiative’s comment responds to FERC’s proposal […]

August 17, 2022

Electricity Law Initiative Director Authors Brief for 26 Law Professors

Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe filed an amicus brief in the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals that was signed by 26 energy law professors. Co-written with University of […]

August 12, 2022

Legal Analysis

Can FERC Convince Utilities to Build Modern Transmission Systems?

FERC’s new transmission proposal would push utilities to embrace a bolder vision of transmission development. The trillion dollar question is whether FERC’s rules will lead utilities to actually invest in new infrastructure that they would not otherwise build.

May 4, 2022

Electricity Law Initiative Responds to FERC Inquiry on Utility Trade Associations

In February, the Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) arguing that FERC’s rules force ratepayers to subsidize utilities’ political advocacy, which is unfair […]

March 10, 2022

Comments Filed

Electricity Law Initiative Replies to Calls for FERC to End Transmission Competition

In its reply comment filed this week, ELI urged FERC not to abandon competitive transmission development, as numerous utilities requested in their initial filings. While the benefits of competition are widely recognized in virtually every sector of the economy, transmission has historically been developed exclusively by utilities, with each utility building all transmission within its state-granted retail service territory.

December 2, 2021

Electricity Law Initiative Comments on FERC Transmission Proposal

Last week, the Electricity Law Initiative filed comments in response to an inquiry by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about our nation’s high-voltage interstate transmission infrastructure. FERC’s Advanced Notice of Proposed […]

October 18, 2021