Kenneth G. Jaffe

FERC Order No. 1000-A Rejects Revisions but Clarifies Policies for Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission-Owning and -Operating Public Utilities
Sean A. Atkins,Kenneth G. Jaffe,Michael N. Kunselman,Stephen C. Palmer,Andrea Wolfman, May 30, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued Order No. 1000-A, an order on rehearing and clarification of its landmark Order No. 1000, which established new requirements for transmission planning and cost allocation. Although FERC rejected all legal challenges to Order No. 1000...

FERC Asserts Jurisdiction over Bundled REC Sales
Sean A. Atkins,Kenneth G. Jaffe,Michael N. Kunselman,Stephen C. Palmer,Andrea Wolfman, May 10, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued an order to clarify the circumstance under which its regulatory authority extends over sales of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs); specifically, when such a sale is bundled with the sale of electric energy at wholesale. The order,...

FERC Reexamines Policies on Open Access for Generator Interconnection Facilities
Sean A. Atkins,Kenneth G. Jaffe,Michael N. Kunselman,Stephen C. Palmer,Andrea Wolfman, April 24, 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) requesting public comments on its policies regarding priority rights to the use of facilities used to interconnect generation to the transmission grid. The proceeding could lay the groundwork for significant...