Posts from — December 2010

On November 30, 2010, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) released its 2010/2011 Winter Reliability Assessment (the “Assessment”) and the 2009/2010 Post-Winter Reliability Assessment.  NERC prepares an annual reliability assessment that demonstrates how the industry maintains the bulk power system for both summers and winters.  [Read more →]

On November 30, 2010, President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisor’s on Science and Technology (the “Council”) called for more investment in energy Research & Development (“R&D”) funding.  The Council suggested in a November 2010 Report on this topic that the amount of money spent on energy R&D should increase from $5 billion per year to $16 billion per year.  [Read more →]

On November 24, 2010, FERC issued an order granting Alta Wind Holdings, LLC’s (“Alta Wind”) petition for a declaratory order asking FERC to disclaim jurisdiction over certain investors in sale or leaseback transactions of wind projects.  [Read more →]