Posts from — December 2009

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) on December 1, 2009 instituted a formal proceeding to examine tariff rules established by the BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”) that limit the amount of coal dust that can be emitted by trains transporting coal over certain railroad lines leaving the Powder River Basin (“PRB”). [Read more →]

On November 19, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued a declaratory order confirming that sales by a developer of on-site solar generating projects (“PPA Provider”) to end-use customers do not constitute the sale or transmission of electric energy under FERC’s control. [Read more →]

On November 23, 2009, FERC approved Green Energy Express LLC’s  (“Green Energy”) request for rate incentives, conditioned on approval by the California Independent System Operator (“CAISO”).  [Read more →]

On November 20, 2009, the California Public Utilities Commission (“California PUC”) approved Southern California Edison Company’s (“SoCal Edison”) amended petition to build a 128-mile, 500-kV portion of the Devers-Palo Verde 2 (“DPV2”) project.   [Read more →]