Posts from — February 2011

On February 17, 2011, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Electric Transmission Customer Protection Act that seeks to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure rates for power are assessed in proportion to measured reliability or economic benefit.  [Read more →]

At the February 17, 2011 meeting, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) on compensation for regulation service and a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) seeking comment on locational exchanges for wholesale power. [Read more →]

On February 11, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“DC Circuit”) vacated FERC orders that approved the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.’s (“Midwest ISO’s”) Schedule 2-A (“Schedule 2-A”) of the region’s Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff (“tariff”) for being unduly discriminatory. [Read more →]

On February 14, 2011, FERC issued an order directing staff to initiate an inquiry into outages and disruptions of service in Texas and the Southwest in early February 2011 (the “Order”).  [Read more →]

On February 14, 2011, President Barack Obama unveiled the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012 (the “2012 Budget”), which proposed a 12 percent increase in funding for the Department of Energy (“DOE”).  [Read more →]