The 9th Circuit found California’s Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff program violated PURPA by capping the energy utilities must purchase from QFs.
A pair of studies have drawn divergent conclusions about the merits of competitive transmission solicitations. The differences may have to do with sponsors.
Policymakers and industry officials gathered for NARUC Winter Policy Summit, where they discussed coal and nuclear power, among other topics.
FERC declined to hear a complaint against the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to clarify when the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act kicks in.
MISO discussed what resource availability and need solutions it will focus on next year, including improvements to the Planning Resource Auction.
The Energy Bar Association’s Mid-Year Energy Forum featured debates over FERC Order 1000, state-federal jurisdiction, rate structures and PURPA.
The first round of filings in PJM’s “paper hearing” on revisions to the capacity market showed wide disagreement over broadening the MOPR.
FERC rejected CMS Energy’s plan to boost a 60-MW qualifying facility to 263 MW, saying the change is too large to qualify for recertification under PURPA.
FERC on Monday denied Cloverland Electric Cooperative’s request for relief from its mandatory purchase obligation under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, citing the co-op’s lack of RTO membership as a primary reason.
FERC commissioners told Congress that the grid is not facing a national security emergency, as the Trump administration has claimed.