Energy Policy & Legislation

While FERC is wise to consider how its sister federal agencies estimate the cost of equity, a review of those agencies’ estimation methods spotlights fatal flaws in FERC’s proposed new approach.

FERC should bolster its regional and inter-regional transmission planning requirements to facilitate grid expansion, lower power prices, and achieve state and federal public policy goals.

If the rest of the country matched California’s rate of improvement, annual U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide would be lower now by almost 25%.

A conversation with Commissioner Maida Coleman, Missouri PSC.

Barring pancaked complaints would further undermine Congressional intent, and would increase FERC’s regulatory burdens.

Conversation with Linda Gervais, Senior Manager for Regulatory Policy, State and Federal Regulation, Avista Utilities.

This article suggests an alternative means of developing a Technology Risk Mitigation Program to address PUCs’ reticence to approve technologies with which they are unfamiliar.

Best practices for defending against FERC enforcement litigations and investigations are emerging.

This article critiques FERC's rationale for entertaining pancaked complaints; describes as background the FPA bias favoring existing rates; and explains, in light of Emera Maine insights, the inability of pancaked complaints against the same ROE to support either the establishment of new ROEs or the refund of revenues collected under past, superseded ROEs.

Why the zero net energy metric is not optimal for the energy system.