Energy Policy & Legislation

Should FERC Reconsider Policy Statement on Pipeline Certification?

Natural Gas Policy May be Outdated

FERC has the obligation to consider the environmental consequences of major projects, but assessing their effects on climate change, let alone measuring them, overstretches its capability.

Byline:

Kenneth Costello

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Grid Resilience

What’s in a Name?

It is not clear how FERC will define resilience. A key challenge will be to provide precision and certainty.

Byline:

Michael Keegan

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Regulators Must Ensure Integrity of Global Supply Chains

Reducing Threats to the Utility Industry

Public utility commissions have an opportunity and obligation to actively discuss and promote approaches to limit evolving threats.

Byline:

Brien Sheahan et al

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Can of Worms

Energy Department NOPR Forcing Difficult Conversations

Parties are warring over whether preventing certain plants from retiring makes the grid resilient.

Byline:

Steve Mitnick

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Renewable Energy Development

Era of the Paris Agreement

As renewables have become cheaper, it is now economical for developing nations to opt for clean power over fossil fuel generation.

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Q&A with Moody’s Swami Venkataraman

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Energy Politics and FERC

An Independent Agency?

The DOE proposal pushes FERC into a potential mid-life crisis.

Byline:

Robin Lunt

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Geothermal Cooperation in Kenya

New Zealand Shares Best Practices

How could Kenya utilize resources without infringing on cultural and spiritual beliefs? Halfway around the world, New Zealand faces a similar challenge.

Byline:

Caitlin Smith and Andrew Palmateer

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Reading the Tea Leaves

Clues from DOE report

The recent DOE report gives FERC leadership plenty to consider, and FERC has no shortage of tools at its disposal should it decide to act.

Byline:

Tony Clark

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PUF AV: FERC Open Meeting

Washington, September 20

Six short videos with FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, and Commissioner Rob Powelson.

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The blow-up over DOE Secretary Perry's memo requesting the grid study about reliability and resilience was unsurprising, if you consider that it was the first and almost the only statement about federal electricity policy in the first six months of a new administration.¹

Byline:

Rob Gramlich

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