A Regulatory Life
President, NARUC Commissioners Emeritus
For a merger to be successful, you must have a story to tell; the merger must make sense for the ratepayer; and the two companies must mesh with one another.
FERC
FERC Gets It Right on DOE NOPR
Now What?
FERC was right to focus first on defining the issue on a regional basis, and only then to move towards solutions.
Energy Politics and FERC
An Independent Agency?
The DOE proposal pushes FERC into a potential mid-life crisis.
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.
PUF AV: FERC Open Meeting
Washington, September 20
Six short videos with FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee, Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, and Commissioner Rob Powelson.
Fed's Energy Regulatory Commission
On Sept. 20, Enough Commissioners Convene
Maybe people forgot FERC meets monthly, when there’s enough commissioners.
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.
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.
FERC, Renewables and Potatoes
Hidden Costs of Externalities
We continue to rush towards a renewable future without considering overall system design, the costs that various renewable scenarios impose on grid operation, and the operation of the grid with these scenarios. When the externalities of climate change and ocean acidification create an overwhelming mandate to move away from fossil fuels, we have no choice but to go forward. Shouldn't we try to pick the cheapest path?
Energy People: Rob Powelson
We talked with NARUC President, Commissioner Rob Powelson
Commissioner Powelson was installed as the 128th president of NARUC in November 2016.