Category — State Regulation News

On April 1, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued rules requiring motor vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions beginning with model year 2012 and continuing to model year 2016.  [Read more →]

On April 5, 2010, the New York Independent System Operator (“NYISO”) released its annual New York State energy report, Power Trends 2010: New York’s Emerging Energy Crossroads (the “Report”).  The Report identified the key energy issues for New York along with several NYISO initiatives in place to address topics like energy efficiency, smart grid technology, renewable resource development, and transmission congestion.  [Read more →]

On October 22, 2009, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (“PUCT” or “Texas Commission”) asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) to dismiss an enforcement petition from six wind power developers, stating that the developers mischaracterized the PUCT’s decision not to allow the developers to sell output from their qualifying facilities (“QF”) at avoided cost rates.  [Read more →]

On October 5, 2009, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (“NARUC”) and a group of state utility regulators filed a brief requesting that the Supreme Court overturn a June 23, 2009 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) regarding jurisdiction over capacity requirements.  [Read more →]

On September 9, 2009, the Maryland Public Service Commission (“PSC”) rejected an application by American Electric Power Co., Inc. (“AEP”) and Potomac Edison Co. d/b/a Allegheny Energy Inc. to build 20 miles of high-voltage transmission line in Frederick County, Maryland. [Read more →]