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FERC Launches Section 206 Proceeding Targeting ISO-NE’s Treatment Of Large Loads
Stephen Hug’s articles from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: with readers working within the Business & Consumer Services industries On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to ISO New England Inc.
FERC Launches Section 206 Proceeding Targeting ISO-NE’s Treatment of Large Loads
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Corban Coffman, Sharmila P. Das On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to ISO New England Inc.
Slaughtering The Independent Agency? What Trump V. Slaughter Means For FERC
On June 29, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued Trump v. Slaughter, fundamentally reshaping presidential removal authority over independent regulatory agencies. The decision overruled a 90-year-old precedent established in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, which had upheld the constitutionality of commissioner removal protections in the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act).
FERC Directs Southwest Power Pool To Revise Tariff To Expedite Data Center Development
Stephen Hug’s articles from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: with readers working within the Utilities industries On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
FERC Directs PJM Interconnection 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 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. directing PJM and PJM transmission owners to show cause as to why PJM’s tariff should not be found to be unjust and unreasonable (PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 195 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2026) (the Order)) because it fails to sufficiently: Address the application process, study process and ongoing operational requirements for customers seeking transmission service for...
FERC Directs New York Independent System Operator to Revise Tariff to Expedite Data Center Development | JD Supra
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 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 Directs PJM Interconnection to Revise Tariff to Expedite Data Center Development | JD Supra
On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. directing PJM and PJM transmission owners to show cause as to why PJM's tariff should not be found to be unjust and unreasonable ( PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 195 FERC ¶ 61,211 (2026) (the Order)) because it fails to sufficiently: Address the application process, study process and ongoing operational requirements for customers seeking transmission service for...
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 Directs Southwest Power Pool to Revise Tariff to Expedite Data Center Development
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Corban Coffman, Sharmila P. Das On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
FERC Issues Show Cause Order to Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Corban Coffman, Sharmila P. Das 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
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Corban Coffman, Sharmila P. Das 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
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: within Wealth Management topic(s) 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
Emily P. Mallen’s articles from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: with readers working within the Oil & Gas and Construction & Engineering industries Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: within Wealth Management topic(s) 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 Eliminates WECC Soft Price Cap
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: within Wealth Management, Real Estate and Construction, Litigation and Mediation & Arbitration topic(s) 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....
White House And Governors Call For PJM Emergency Procurement Auction
Stephen Hug’s articles from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are most popular: with Senior Company Executives and HR in Asia in Asia in Asia in Asia in Asia in Asia with readers working within the Advertising & Public Relations industries 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...
FERC Clears The Way For Co-Location
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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
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Corban A. Coffman, Sharmila P. Das 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, “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy” (the EO).
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
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
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
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.
DOE Secretary Uses Rarely Invoked Statutory Authority to Seek Rescission of FERC’s Draft Pipeline Certificate Policy
By: Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P. Das, Corban A.
DC Circuit Embraces Seven County in FERC Pipeline Review Proceeding
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FERC Proposes To Eliminate WECC Soft Price Cap
On July 15, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued an order1 proposing to eliminate the soft price cap of $1,000 per megawatt-hour (MWh) for bilateral spot sales in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) that was implemented following the California energy crisis.
FERC Proposes to Eliminate WECC Soft Price Cap
By: Stephen J. Hug, Sharmila P. Das, Ben N. Reiter, Emily P. Mallen, Corban Coffman On July 15, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued an order1 proposing to eliminate the soft price cap of $1,000 per megawatt-hour (MWh) for bilateral spot sales in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) that was implemented following the California energy crisis.
FERC Holds Technical Conference To Explore Resource Adequacy Challenges
On June 4–5, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) hosted a commissioner-led technical conference to discuss resource adequacy challenges facing regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (RTO).
FERC Acts Under Its Emergency Waiver Authorities To Ease Regulatory Burdens On Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects While Initiating Rulemakings To Enact Permanent Changes
On June 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took four actions to ease regulatory burdens for constructing interstate pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities authorized under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
FERC Holds Technical Conference to Explore Resource Adequacy Challenges
On June 4–5, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) hosted a commissioner-led technical conference to discuss resource adequacy challenges facing regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (RTO).
FERC Acts under its Emergency Waiver Authorities to Ease Regulatory Burdens on Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects
On June 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took four actions to ease regulatory burdens for constructing interstate pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities authorized under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).
President Trump Directs Energy Agencies To Establish Sunset Dates For Energy-Related Regulations
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO)1 directing several federal agencies and subagencies that regulate energy, environmental, and conservation matters,2 including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy (DOE), to establish conditional sunset dates for "regulations governing energy production." The stated objective of the EO is to require agencies to periodically reexamine their regulations to ensure that they continue to serve...
Trump Executive Order On Grid Reliability Seeks To Expand Federal Role Over Resource Adequacy
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to take steps to expand the use of its emergency authority under Federal Power Act (FPA) Section 202(c) to require the retention of generation resources deemed necessary to maintain resource adequacy within at risk-regions of the bulk power system regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).1 The EO appears to envision a more active role for DOE in overseeing and...
Strengthening The Reliability And Security Of The United States Electric Grid (Trump EO Tracker)
Trump Executive Order on Grid Reliability Seeks to Expand Federal Role Over Resource Adequacy Directs emergency action under section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act by streamlining and expediting the approval of orders allowing electric generation resources to operate at maximum capacity during times of anticipated grid failure.
President Trump Directs Energy Agencies to Establish Sunset Dates for Energy-Related Regulations
By: Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P.
Trump Executive Order on Grid Reliability Seeks to Expand Federal Role Over Resource Adequacy
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P.
Department of Energy Continues to Issue Orders that Support Liquefied Natural Gas Exports with Extension Authorization to Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC
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On March 5, 2025, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) approved Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC’s (GPLNG) request to extend a deadline to begin exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal facility currently under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas for 18 months, from September 30, 2025, to March 31, 2027 (the Order).
By Emily P. Mallen, Stephen Hug, Christopher Treanor, Scott Johnson, Ben Reiter Verified, Jameson Calitri, Sharmila Das
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FERC Approves Settlement With Bitcoin Mining Company For Violations Of PJM Must-Offer Requirements
On January 30, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (OE) and Stronghold Digital Mining Inc.
FERC Approves Settlement with Bitcoin Mining Company for Violations of PJM Must-Offer Requirements
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Scott Daniel Johnson, Sharmila P. Das On January 30, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between the Office of Enforcement (OE) and Stronghold Digital Mining Inc.
Transco's REAE Project: FERC Reinstates Certificate, Ensuring Continued Operation
On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an order on remand (the Order) reinstating a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC's (Transco) for the pipeline company's Regional Energy Access Expansion Project (REAE Project).1 FERC's original January 2023 order granting a certificate to the REAE Project was remanded and vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
FERC Formally Axes Its Draft Policy Statement On Greenhouse Gas Emission Considerations For Natural Gas Act Projects
On January 24, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order Terminating Proceeding in Docket No. PL21-3, Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews (the Order),1 which formally closed a docket it had initiated in 2021 to reconsider and supplement the Commission's 1999 policy statement on the certification of new interstate natural gas transportation facilities (the 1999 Certificate Policy Statement).
Rich Paul wants De'Aaron Fox rumors out now and timing shows how players have lost leverage with NBA's new CBA Original
The news out of Sacramento this week that they're open to dealing longtime point guard De'Aaron Fox wasn't just a jolt in the lead-up to next week's NBA trade deadline. It's also the latest recognition from star players and the agents who represent them that the NBA's new Collective Bargaining Agreement will change the way business gets done going forward, and how -- and if -- players can still throw their weight around.
Early Assessment Of The Effect Of President Trump's New Executive Orders On FERC Infrastructure Projects
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Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential (Trump EO Tracker)
Early Assessment of the Effect of President Trump's New Executive Orders on FERC Infrastructure Projects by Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Scott Daniel Johnson, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P. Das This EO establishes a policy to fully utilize Alaska's abundant natural resources.
Early Assessment of the Effect of President Trump’s New Executive Orders on FERC Infrastructure Projects
On January 20, 2025, and throughout his first week in office, President Trump signed a series of executive orders (EOs) outlining his priorities for the domestic energy industry and setting forth policy preferences that rebuke former President Biden’s focus on mitigating the effects of climate change and safeguarding environmental justice communities.
FERC Increases Maximum Civil Monetary Penalties For 2025
On January 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within FERC's jurisdiction.
FERC Proposes Landmark Penalty For Alleged Energy Efficiency Resource Capacity Market Manipulation
On December 16, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Proposed Penalty proposing to assess staggering civil penalties against American Efficient, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, American Efficient) in connection with an alleged scheme to manipulate the capacity markets operated by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
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