Sheila Hollis: Energy Law Career
Partner/chair of the DC office of Duane Morris LLP
She was the first director of FERC's Office of Enforcement, establishing the office and its policies and procedures.
Energy Policy & Legislation
Engineering Climate Change Challenge
Charles Bayless
We talked with retired utility leader Charles Bayless, who has served in several influential roles in the electricity business.
Emulating California's Renewable Energy Initiatives
Challenges for Mass. and New York
What hurdles do New York and Massachusetts face in meeting their renewable portfolio standards?
Strike While Iron Hot
This Is Not an Election Year
View the summer and fall as opportunities to educate legislators and regulators.
When Super Heroes Clash
When Policy and Practice Don't Match
In Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the heroes align to achieve greater things for humanity than either could do alone. A similar story plays out in real life, starring legislators and regulators.
Smart Cities, Energy Transformation
Opportunities, Challenges for Utilities
The development of smart cities and energy industry transformation have much in common.
Making the Grid Great Again (For the First Time)
New FERC's Unfinished Grid Agenda
FERC added four commissioners in '93, presaging a decade of sweeping changes in federal policy.
Nuclear Closures
Where is the Public Interest?
Debates rage in state houses across the country about subsidizing the weakening nuclear power industry. Not for new nuclear plants, but rather subsidies to prevent the early retirement of existing nuclear power stations.
Just Two FERC Commissioners
We sat down with chair Cheryl LaFleur and commissioner Colette Honorable as their extraordinary time as the only members of the FERC continues.
Since early February 2017, FERC has faced an unprecedented freeze of certain major agenda items when one of its three remaining commissioners resigned, leaving just two. The agency usually has five commissioners, and typically needs a quorum of at least three to approve certain projects. FERC has never been in a situation in which it had just two commissioners until this year.
Zero Emissions Credits
State Priorities vs. Regional Differences
Recently adopted state programs to foster existing nuclear generation are being challenged in the courts for potentially infringing on FERC’s wholesale market jurisdiction. 2017 could prove to be the year when state policy priorities began to elbow aside voluntary regional market constructs.