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Eleven former FERC commissioners filed a brief with the Supreme Court arguing it should uphold Humphrey’s Executor or carve out an exception for ratemaking agencies.
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Ongoing cases working their way through the courts have raised questions about the future of FERC's independence.
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Several panelists and public commenters at the quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group criticized the RTO over its record on accountability and accessibility, as well as its policy related to distributed energy resources.
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As regulators grapple with rate design for large customers such as data centers, some experts are pointing out the transparency benefits of tariffs compared to special contracts between the utility and customer.
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Industry experts say that while DOE's report points to a well known issue, it focuses only on keeping old plants online instead of needed new capacity.
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FERC opened the door for PJM to resubmit a previously rejected proposal to shift its Regional Transmission Expansion Plan protocol from its operating agreement to its tariff, while dismissing a rehearing request for a connected proposal by the RTO’s transmission owners.
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The Federalist Society hosted a webinar debating the federal government's reliance on markets in regulating the power industry.
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An EBA panel looked into the history of demand growth in light of its recent return, while a second panel looked at issues around utility credit ratings, as investments will have to ramp up to meet the new demand.
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The new grid infrastructure needed for data center buildout is being unevenly subsidized by other ratepayers through minimally publicized utility agreements, a report charges.
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FERC watchers took issue with an executive order from the White House that seeks to exert more control over independent regulatory agencies, worrying it will upset the system for approving infrastructure at a time when more investments are needed.
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