Category — FERC News

On July 15, 2010, the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (“Midwest ISO”) submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) a new proposal to allocate the costs of new transmission projects.  Notably, the proposal asks for the creation of a new category of projects, the Multi Value Projects (“MVPs”) category, and widely socialized costs for such projects across the entire Midwest ISO footprint.  [Read more →]

On July 15, 2010, FERC conditionally approved the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (“NYISO”) report on solutions to the Lake Erie region loop flow problems.  [Read more →]

On July 15, 2010, FERC ruled that sections of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (“PURPA”) do not preempt the California Public Utilities Commission’s (“CPUC”) decision to require utilities to offer a minimum price for power from certain small combined heat and power (“CHP”) generators if they are Qualifying Facilities (“QF”) under PURPA.   [Read more →]

In a July 23, 2010 opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) denied several appeals regarding the Calfornia Independent System Operator Corporation’s (“CA ISO”) Market Redesign and Technology Upgrade (“MRTU”) initiative, in which the CA ISO overhauled its tariff, markets and the technology it employs to administer those markets.  [Read more →]

On July 15, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) conditionally approved the Southwest Power Pool, Inc’s (“SPP”) modified transmission planning process, the Integrated Transmission Plan (“ITP”).   The ITP will be used to determine future regional transmission needs. [Read more →]