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FERC Launches Section 206 Proceeding Targeting ISO-NE’s Treatment of Large Loads
On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to ISO New England Inc.
US Supreme Court Set to Interpret Natural Gas Act Section 7
[co-author: Ryan Goyer] On June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court granted a petition for certiorari in Leonard Hoffmann v. WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. (Hoffmann), which presents the question whether section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) requires pipeline companies using federal eminent domain authority to pay landowners’ attorney’s fees in states where landowners can recover those fees under state law.
Slaughtering the Independent Agency? What Trump v. Slaughter Means for FERC
July 6, 2026 Corban Coffman, Sharmila Das, Stephen Hug, Emily Mallen, Ben Reiter Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: [co-author: Jade Araujo] On June 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued Trump v. Slaughter, fundamentally reshaping presidential removal authority over independent regulatory agencies.
FERC Directs Midcontinent Independent System Operator to Revise Tariff to Expedite Data Center Development
On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
FERC Launches Section 206 Proceeding Into CAISO’s Treatment of Large Loads
On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) directing CAISO and CAISO transmission owners to show cause as to why CAISO’s tariff should not be found to be unjust and unreasonable (California Indep. Sys.
FERC Directs New York Independent System Operator To Revise Tariff To Expedite Data Center Development
On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
FERC Issues Show Cause Order to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
FERC Issues Landmark Show Cause Orders on Large Load Interconnection
Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued tailored show cause orders under section 206 of the Federal Power Act to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM), Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc. (MISO), Southwest Power Pool Inc. (SPP), California Independent System Operator (CAISO), ISO New England Inc.
FERC Proposes Expansion of the Blanket Certificate Program
On May 21, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM25-12-001 proposing the most consequential overhaul of its regulations governing natural gas pipeline permitting in 20 years.
FERC Finalizes New Oil Pipeline Index for 2026-2031: Key Takeaways
On April 24, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its Final Rule in the Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index,1 establishing the Oil Pipeline Index level for the five-year period beginning July 1, 2026. FERC set the index at Producer Price Index for Finished Goods minus 0.55% (PPI-FG - 0.55%), a notable departure from the initially proposed PPI-FG - 1.42% in the November 20, 2025 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR).
FERC Issues Landmark Enforcement Order in American Efficient
On April 15, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued one of the largest enforcement penalty orders in its history, finding that American Efficient, LLC (American Efficient) and its affiliates engaged in a decade‑long fraudulent scheme involving offering energy efficiency resources (EERs) over which they had no contractual authority into the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) and Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
FERC Eliminates WECC Soft Price Cap | JD Supra
[co-author: Barbara Deathe] On February 19, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order rescinding the soft price cap for bilateral spot market energy sales in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) region.1 As previously covered, on July 15, 2025, FERC initiated a Federal Power Act Section 206 proceeding following the D.C. Circuit’s decision finding that FERC must apply the Mobile-Sierra public interest standard before ordering refunds for above-cap...
White House and Governors Call for PJM Emergency Procurement Auction | JD Supra
On January 16, 2026, the National Energy Dominance Council (NDEC) and governors from each of the 13 states in PJM issued a Statement of Principles urging PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) to hold an emergency backstop auction and take other measures to support the entry of new capacity to preserve the reliability of the PJM region.
FERC Clears The Way For Co-Location
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FERC Clears the Way for Co-Location | JD Supra
On December 19, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued its much-anticipated order on show cause proceeding concerning the co-location of generation and load within the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) market.[1] In the order, the Commission finds that PJM’s tariff is unjust and unreasonable because it does not provide sufficient clarity on the rates, terms, and conditions of service applicable to generators serving Co-Located Load and does not include...
DOE Directs FERC To Initiate Large Load Interconnection Rulemaking | JD Supra
On October 23, 2025, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to conduct a rulemaking to assert jurisdiction over load interconnections to the bulk electric transmission system and establish standardized procedures for the interconnection of large loads.1 The Directive included an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) that sets forth the legal justification for asserting jurisdiction over transmission-level load...
DOE Directs FERC To Initiate Large Load Interconnection Rulemaking
By: Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Ben N. Reiter, Corban A. Coffman, Sharmila P.
FERC Issues New Final Direct Rule Implementing Executive Order On Regulatory Sunsetting
Stephen Hug’s articles from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: within Energy and Natural Resources topic(s) in United States with readers working within the Advertising & Public Relations, Banking & Credit and Business & Consumer Services industries On October 1, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 914 amending certain Commission regulations to incorporate a conditional sunset date in compliance with the Trump...
FERC Issues New Final Direct Rule Implementing Executive Order on Regulatory Sunsetting | JD Supra
October 9, 2025 Corban Coffman, Sharmila Das, Stephen Hug, Emily Mallen, Ben Reiter Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On October 1, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 914 amending certain Commission regulations to incorporate a conditional sunset date in compliance with the Trump administration’s April 2025 Executive Order,...
Impacts Of The Ongoing Government Shutdown On FERC Operations
As of October 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) continues to operate despite the lapse in appropriations that resulted in a government shutdown on October 1, 2025. While FERC receives appropriations from Congress, it primarily is self-funded through fees and charges obtained from the industries it regulates, offsetting its total costs. Hence, during prior government shutdowns in 2018 and 2013, the agency was able to continue operations.
Impacts of the Ongoing Government Shutdown on FERC Operations | JD Supra
As of October 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) continues to operate despite the lapse in appropriations that resulted in a government shutdown on October 1, 2025. While FERC receives appropriations from Congress, it primarily is self-funded through fees and charges obtained from the industries it regulates, offsetting its total costs. Hence, during prior government shutdowns in 2018 and 2013, the agency was able to continue operations.
Impacts of the Ongoing Government Shutdown on FERC Operations
By: Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Ben N. Reiter, Corban A. Coffman, Sharmila P. Das As of October 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) continues to operate despite the lapse in appropriations that resulted in a government shutdown on October 1, 2025. While FERC receives appropriations from Congress, it primarily is self-funded through fees and charges obtained from the industries it regulates, offsetting its total costs.
Senate Considers Swett and LaCerte Nominations to be FERC Commissioners Amid Reliability and Independence Debates | JD Supra
[co-author: Maria Posada Velasco (Public Law and Policy Fellow)] On September 4, 2025, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee convened a hearing to consider the nominations of Laura Swett and David LaCerte to serve as commissioners at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission). Swett is a former FERC Staff that served as legal and policy advisor to former FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre and Commission Bernard McNamee.
DOE Secretary Uses Rarely Invoked Statutory Authority to Seek Rescission of FERC’s Draft Pipeline Certificate Policy | JD Supra
On August 29, 2025, Christopher Wright, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) submitted a proposal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under section 403 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (DOE Organization Act), asking that FERC terminate its long-running proceeding in Docket No. PL18-1, which addresses proposed updates to its policy statement on the Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities.
DC Circuit Embraces Seven County In FERC Pipeline Review Proceeding
In Sierra Club v. FERC, No. 24-1199 (D.C. Cir. Aug.
DC Circuit Embraces Seven County in FERC Pipeline Review Proceeding | JD Supra
[co-author: Barbara Deathe (Senior Paralegal Specialist)] In Sierra Club v. FERC, No. 24-1199 (D.C. Cir. Aug.
DC Circuit Embraces Seven County in FERC Pipeline Review Proceeding
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Two Northeast Grid Operators Prepare for Tariffs on Canadian Energy | JD Supra
In response to the Canadian Tariff Order, ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) and the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) (collectively, Independent System Operators or ISOs) filed the proposed tariff revisions discussed below with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create mechanisms to collect any imposed Import Duties from the Canadian Tariff Order, should they be directed to do so.
Two Northeast Grid Operators Prepare for Tariffs on Canadian Energy
On February 1, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled Imposing Duties to Address the Flow of Illicit Drugs Across Our Northern Border (Canadian Tariff Order),[1] which, inter alia, imposed a 10 percent import tariff on “energy or energy resources” that “are products of Canada.”[2] Additional detail on this order can be found here.
FERC Moves Closer to Establishing Standardized Rules for Co-location of Large Loads and Generators | JD Supra
At its latest open meeting on February 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order directing PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) and the PJM Transmission Owners (PJM TOs) to demonstrate why the PJM Tariff’s lack of clear rules for co-location arrangements is acceptable or to explain the Tariff changes they would propose to address co-location issues (Show Cause Order).
At its latest open meeting on February 20, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order directing PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) and the PJM Transmission Owners (PJM TOs) to demonstrate why the PJM Tariff’s lack of clear rules for co-location arrangements is acceptable or to explain the Tariff changes they would propose to address co-location issues (Show Cause Order).
FERC Issues New Landmark Transmission Rule Requiring Long-Term Planning | JD Supra
At its May 13, 2024 open meeting, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved a groundbreaking final rule—Order No. 1920[1] —requiring public utilities to undertake new long-term regional transmission planning over a 20-year horizon and allocate the cost of selected transmission projects in a manner that corresponds to the benefits they provide.
FERC Approves New Final Rule for Permit to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities | JD Supra
The IIJA clarified that FERC may issue a siting permit to build a transmission facility in a national interest electric corridor (designated by the Department of Energy) if a State has (i) not made a decision on a siting application by one year after the application is filed or one year after the corridor is designated (whichever is longer), (ii) conditioned approval so that the facility does not reduce transmission capacity constraints or congestion or is not economically feasible, or (iii)...
FERC Proposes Overhauling Electronic Quarterly Report Filing Process and Data Submission | JD Supra
On Oct. 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM23-9-000 to modify filing processes for Electronic Quarterly Reports (EQRs) and revise and eliminate a number of data fields and definitions. Comments will be due 60 days after the proposal’s publication in the Federal Register, Monday, December 26, 2023. The NOPR was published in the Federal Register today, October 27, 2023.
FERC Proposes Overhauling Electronic Quarterly Report Filing Process And Data Submission
On Oct. 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM23-9-000 to modify filing processes for Electronic Quarterly Reports (EQRs) and revise and eliminate a number of data fields and definitions. Comments will be due 60 days after the proposal's publication in the Federal Register, Monday, December 26, 2023. The NOPR was published in the Federal Register today, October 27, 2023.
FERC Proposes Overhauling Electronic Quarterly Report Filing Process and Data Submission
On Oct. 19, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify filing processes for electronic quarterly reports and revise and eliminate a number of data fields and definitions. Read on for an overview of the proposed changes and implications for EQR filers.
FERC Proposes Overhauling Electronic Quarterly Report Filing Process and Data Submission
On Oct. 19, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) in Docket No. RM23-9-000 to modify filing processes for Electronic Quarterly Reports (EQRs) and revise and eliminate a number of data fields and definitions. Comments will be due 60 days after the proposal’s publication in the Federal Register, Monday, December 26, 2023. The NOPR was published in the Federal Register today, October 27, 2023.
ERCOT Issues RFP to Procure 3,000 MW of Capacity to Alleviate 2023-2024 Winter Concerns | JD Supra
On Oct. 2, 2023, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a request for proposals to stakeholders to procure up to 3,000 MW of generation or demand response capacity to meet load and reserve requirements during the winter 2023-24 peak load season (Dec. 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024).
ERCOT Issues RFP To Procure 3,000 MW Of Capacity To Alleviate 2023-2024 Winter Concerns
On Oct. 2, 2023, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a request for proposals to stakeholders to procure up to 3,000 MW of generation or demand response capacity to meet load and reserve requirements during the winter 2023-24 peak load season (Dec. 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024).
McGuireWoods Releases Update to One-of-a-Kind FERC Enforcement Reporter
Over the past year, there have been major Federal Energy Regulatory Commission developments as more cases moved from the agency to adjudication in the courts. McGuireWoods’ update to its innovative FERC Enforcement Reporter — led by lawyers Carrie Mobley and Corban Coffman — organizes energy enforcement cases from 2005 to present by topic and presents the information in an easy-to-use index format.
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