Solar Energy Industries Ass'n v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Ninth Circuit granted in part and denied in part a petition to review FERC orders that altered which facilities qualify for benefits under the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA) and how those facilities are compensated. An industry group and several environmental groups argued the orde...
Lost in Transmission: How to Bring More Clean Energy Onto the Grid
The Inflation Reduction Act and other policies are pushing solar, wind, and other clean energy technologies into the marketplace. But these generators struggle to make the physical connection to the electricity market because interconnection is proving to be a bottleneck; over 2,000 gigawatts of capacity are waiting to connect to the grid. This Article examines the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) regulations that govern the entry of new generation resources onto the grid.
Wyoming v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Tenth Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part EPA's partial approval and partial disapproval of Wyoming's SIP addressing emissions at coal-fired power plants to reduce regional haze. EPA approved the SIP as to the Naughton plant, but disapproved it for the Wyodak plant, and substituted, thr...