Posts from — November 2010

On October 29, 2010, FERC granted Southern California Edison Company (“SoCal Edison”) incentive rate treatment for their Lugo-Pisgah Transmission Project (“Lugo-Pisgah”) and Red Bluff Substation Project (“Red Bluff”) (collectively, the “Projects”).  Though the Commission determined in their October 29, 2010 order (the “Order”) that SoCal Edison did not meet the requirements of Federal Power Act (“FPA”) section 219 and Order No. 679 as projects which would improve reliability or reduce the cost of delivered power by reducing transmission congestion, the Commission exercised its authority under section 205 of the FPA to grant requested rate incentives on policy grounds. [Read more →]

On November 3, 2010, FERC denied Florida Power & Light Company’s (“FPL”) petition to reverse previous orders on FERC’s jurisdiction over interconnection agreements between a utility and a qualifying facility (“QF”).  FERC upheld Commission precedent on QF interconnection agreements as being consistent with the Federal Power Act (“FPA”), the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”), and the FERC policies.  [Read more →]