Posts from — December 2011

On December 14, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) rejected a market power mitigation filing by Duke Energy Corporation (“Duke”) and Progress Energy Inc. (“Progress”) (together the “Applicants”) in connection with their proposed merger.  [Read more →]

On December 15, 2011, Troutman Sanders held a webinar discussion of FERC’s recent order directing Bonneville Power Administration (“BPA”) to file an Open Access Transmission Tariff pursuant to Federal Power Act Section 211A authority.  (See December 12, 2011 edition of the WER) [Read more →]

On December 8, 2011, the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.’s (“MISO”) Board of Directors approved MISO’s Transmission Expansion Plan 2011 (“MTEP11”).  The plan includes 215 new transmission infrastructure projects and was developed over an 18 month period. [Read more →]

On December 14, 2011, FERC approved a transition agreement between the California Independent System Operator Corporation (“CAISO”) and Valley Electric Association, Inc. (“Valley Electric”), a Nevada electric cooperative. [Read more →]

On Tuesday, December 13th, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its final Federal Implementation Plan (“FIP”) to impose new sulfur dioxide (SO2) emission limits on six coal-fired electric generating units in Oklahoma. [Read more →]