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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

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Click here to return to the Status of Biden Administration on Climate, Public Health and Environment, and Environmental Justice main page. To go directly to our Electric Transmission: Reforming Planning and […]

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

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

FERC’s Clean Energy Boycott Distorts PJM Prices and Discards History

This article appeared in UtilityDive on January 7, 2019. FERC’s recent decision setting new rules for PJM’s capacity auction will exclude clean energy resources from PJM’s procurement and force PJM […]

January 7, 2020