On April 17, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) found unreasonable FERC’s decision to deny Mobil Pipeline Company’s (“Mobil”) application to charge market-based rates on its crude oil pipeline, Pegasus. [Read more →]

On April 19, 2012, FERC issued a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) on the open access and priority rights associated with capacity on interconnection facilities.  The NOI is a direct result of a March 2011 technical conference. [Read more →]

On April 19, 2012, FERC’s Office of Enforcement presented its 2011 State of the Markets report at FERC’s monthly meeting.  The State of the Markets report is an annual presentation of staff’s assessment of natural gas, electric, and other energy markets. [Read more →]

On Friday, April 13, 2012, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral argument in a case challenging EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”) (EME Homer City Generation v. EPA). [Read more →]

On April 6, 2012, FERC granted a petition for declaratory order filed by PJM Interconnection LLC (“PJM”) regarding the allocation of costs associated with phase angle regulators (“PARs”) installed within the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (“MISO”). [Read more →]