Posts from — June 2011

On June 16, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) released a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) asking for comments on how to develop competition in ancillary markets and how to expand the use of electric storage technology. [Read more →]

Twenty-seven House Democrats, led by former House Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell (D-MI), have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to provide the public an additional two months to comment on the so-called Utility MACT rule. [Read more →]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took three recent actions that bring renewed emphasis to the Agency’s regional haze program. [Read more →]

On June 16, 2011, FERC denied the appeals of Cedar Creek Wind Energy, LLC (“Cedar Creek”) and Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC (“Milford”) because the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”) registered both wind facilities as transmission owners and operators, subjecting the facilities to mandatory reliability standards.  [Read more →]

On June 3, 2011, the California 1st District Court of Appeal (“Appeals Court”) granted consideration of the California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) petition to overturn the decision of Judge Ernest Goldsmith of the San Francisco Superior Court of California (see May 27, 2011 edition of the WER). [Read more →]