ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20021
No(s). 14-840 (U.S. Jan 25, 2016) (Kagan, J.)

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld FERC's "demand-response" rule under which operators of wholesale electricity markets, in specified circumstances, must pay the same price to providers for conserving energy as to generators for producing it. During peak periods, electricity rates increase dramatically, ...