Posts from — December 2010

On December 16, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) approved the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.’s (“Midwest ISO”) proposal to socialize costs for the entire region.  [Read more →]

On December 16, 2010, FERC released several orders on reliability that showed aggressive progress for several reliability standards.  FERC proposed approval for several reliability standards for the Western Electric Coordinating Council (“WECC”) through two separate orders.  [Read more →]

On December 16, 2010, FERC approved the merger between First Energy Corp. (“FirstEnergy”) and Allegheny Energy, Inc. (“Allegheny”). [Read more →]

Troutman Sanders proudly announces that two firm partners have been named to Public Utilities Fortnightly magazine’s 2010 list of “Groundbreaking Lawyers.” [Read more →]

On December 10, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“the Court”) denied motions by a broad swath of industry and several states to stay EPA’s greenhouse gas (“GHG”) regulatory program.  The motions asked the Court to stay the appeals pending the Court’s disposition of the numerous appeals of these regulations on the merits.  [Read more →]