November 16, 2024

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

DC Circuit Denies NC Complaint over Yadkin Project
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition by North Carolina to overturn several FERC decisions that kept the state from acquiring the system of dams on the Yadkin River.
Dominion
DC Circuit Rejects PJM Tx Cost Allocation Rule
PJM and FERC must reconsider how they allocate the costs of high-voltage transmission projects developed to satisfy individual utilities’ planning criteria.
Michigan Technological University
DC Circuit Upholds Surcharges for Presque Isle SSR
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the cost allocation for the Presque Isle system support resource agreements to Michigan Upper Peninsula consumers.
LandVest
DC Circuit Upholds ISO-NE MOPR Exemption
The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC allowing ISO-NE to exempt a limited volume of state-sponsored renewable power resources from its MOPR.
Algonquin
DC Circuit Denies Rehearing on Algonquin Pipeline
A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel declined to review FERC’s approval of plans to expand capacity on the Algonquin Natural Gas pipeline.
D.C. Circuit Dismisses Union Challenges to FCA Results
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed claims that FERC had failed to consider the effects of the closure of Brayton Point on ISO-NE’s FCA 9 and 10.
Appellate Court Rejects Challenge to FERC Funding
The D.C. Circuit rejected the claim that FERC is incented to award pipeline certificates because it collects its operating expenses from regulated parties.
Ameren Corp
Courts Uphold Minn. ROFR, MISO Cost Allocation
Federal courts rejected two challenges involving FERC Order 1000: one to Minnesota's ROFR law, and another to MISO's interregional cost allocation.
HSU Builders
DC Circuit Upholds FERC Order on PJM FTRs
FERC sufficiently justified its decision to revise how PJM allocates revenues from transmission congestion, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
DC Circuit Rejects Ark. PSC Review of FERC-Entergy Order
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Arkansas PSC’s request that it review a FERC order directing Entergy Arkansas to continue sharing settlement proceeds.

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