FERC Fights
Covers all types of disputes involving or before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, with special focus on FERC appeals, state-federal jurisdictional disputes before FERC and FERC enforcement and compliance matters.
Author: Carolyn Elefant is a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C., who also authors My Shingle, Offshore Renewable Energy Law and contributes to Legal Blog Watch.
Blawg Related Categories: Energy Law • Environmental Law • Government Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from FERC Fights
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Taking A Recess
There are so many interesting issues that I’d like to post on, but like the Commission, I’ll be taking an August recess - part work, part play. I’ll see you back here in September!
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FERC Compliance Workshop
On July 8, I attended FERC’s compliance workshop which was, surprisingly filled to overflowing. While I applaud FERC for all of its outreach efforts, in enforcement and all other matters, quite honestly, I don’t see…
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Mobile-Sierra Thrives, But Snohomish’s Claims Survive Under Supreme Court’s Morgan Stanley Ruling
FERC decisions don’t often find their way up to the Supreme Court. With the complexity of the issues involved in FERC appeals, the federal courts of appeal that review FERC decisions can barely muster up…
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Update - Illinois Withdraws Claims That Edison Continued to Use High Offer Strategy
Just a week after urging FERC to investigate whether Edison Mission continued to engage in a questionable trading pattern that the company said had been discontinued, the Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan withdrew the motion,…
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States Fight FERC Resolution of Edison Mission Penalty
A few weeks back, I posted about FERC’s $9 million settlement with Edison Mission to punish the company for wasting staff’s time with evasive and obstructionist tactics during FERC’s investigation of possible market manipulation. But…
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FERC Fight Over Marine Renewables License
Over at my other energy blog, Renewables Offshore, I’ve done my best to offer my play by play predictions of the outcome of the Washington State Department of Ecology’s petition for review of FERC’s order…
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A Video Introduction To FERCFights.Com
Here’s my video introduction to FERC Fights, hopefully the first of many more to come (for those of you uninitiated in the video world, these are harder to tape in one cut than it looks!).…
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Demand Response Makes Green
According to this post at Energy Tech Stocks , FERC is forecasting that the nation’s power system will rely more heavily on demand response (DR) this summer than in previous years. Specifically, FERC forecasts…
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FERC Can Rely on NERC To Enforce Reliability Standards
Looks like FERC can rely on its alter-ego, NERC to enforce reliability standards. As reported by Reuters and Baltimore Sun, NERC issued the first two fines to two utilities for violating rules on vegetation management…
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Upcoming FERC Workshop on Enforcement - Will I See You There?
FERC is holding a Compliance Workshop in Washington D.C. on July 8, 2008. The workshop will give interested participants to share perspectives and information on federal energy regulatory compliance and focus, in particular, on…