Posts from — April 2011

On April 13, 2011, American Transmission Co. (“ATC”) and Duke Energy (“Duke”) announced the joint venture of Duke-American Transmission Co. (“DATC”) to build and operate new transmission projects in North America.   DATC will own and operate all assets built by the joint venture, and equity ownership will be split equally by Duke and ATC. [Read more →]

On April 12, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that the agencies have signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) to work together and share information on non-public energy investigations.  The CFTC and FTC were unanimous in approving the MOU. [Read more →]

On April 7, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission) submitted a report on Performance Metrics for Independent System Operators (“ISOs”) and Regional Transmission Organizations (“RTOs”) (the “Report”).  [Read more →]

On April 7, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied a petition by industry groups and the states of North Dakota and Texas to stay implementation and enforcement of new stringent sulfur dioxide (”SO2″) emissions standards pending the court’s review of those standards. [Read more →]

Votes on measures to greatly restrict EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases (“GHG”) met different fates the week of April 4 through April 8 in the two chambers but reflected growing bipartisan support for such constraints. [Read more →]