Regulatory Tracker Regional Transmission Planning Rule FERC approved Order No. 1920, directing utilities and RTOs to produce long-term regional transmission plans. The Fourth Circuit will review the rule. April 11, 2025
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
Comments Filed 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
Comments Filed 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
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
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
Comments Filed Electricity Law Initiative Files Comment on FERC’s Federal-State Joint Task Force The Electricity Law Initiative filed a comment at FERC suggesting that it dedicate the next meeting of its joint task force with state regulators on transmission development to discussing regional […] January 8, 2024
Regulatory Tracker Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) We are not currently updating this rule. September 6, 2023
