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Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On January 31, 2013, FERC addressed PJM Interconnection L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) proposed cost allocation methods for transmission system expansion and enhancements approved during development of Regional Transmission Expansion Plan. FERC deferred a decision on PJM’s proposed cost...
| | FERC Approves Contested Settlement of New PJM Cost of New Entry Values
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On Thursday, January 31, 2013, FERC approved a contested settlement agreement regarding PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (“PJM”) Cost of New Entry (“CONE”) values that are used in PJM’s Reliability Price Model (“RPM”). Despite being contested by the...
| | FERC Approves SPP’s Average Rate Methodology for Through-and-Out Transactions
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 12, 2013, previously published on February 11, 2013 On January 29, 2013, FERC approved Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) proposal to modify the SPP through-and-out rate zonal rate to a region-wide rate equal to the average rate of all SPP zones. Under its current methodology, SPP’s rate for point-to-point through-and-out...
| | GAO Releases Recommendations on Improving Pipeline Incident Response
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 On January 23, 2013, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report concluding that the Department of Transportation’s (“DOT”) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) should implement various recommendations...
| | FERC Approves ISO-NE Information Sharing with Pipelines on Interim Basis
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, FERC conditionally accepted ISO New England Inc.’s (“ISO-NE”) proposed revisions to its Information Policy, which allows ISO-NE to share confidential, generator-specific data with certain interstate natural gas pipeline operators. Notably, FERC...
| | Court Denies Rehearing of Decision Overturning CSAPR
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 On January 24, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit refused to rehear a decision of a three-judge panel of the court that overturned EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”). CSAPR addressed the interstate transport of pollutants emitted by electric...
| | Deutsche Bank Settles Investigation; Agrees to Pay $1.5 Million in Civil Penalties Plus $172,645 Disgorgement of Unjust Profits
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 30, 2013, previously published on January 28, 2013 On January 22, 2013, the Commission issued an Order Approving a Stipulation and Consent Agreement between the Office of Enforcement (“Enforcement”) and DB Energy Trading LLC (“Deutsche Bank”). Enforcement concluded that Deutsche Bank violated the Commission’s...
| | In Wake of Production Tax Credit Extension, Google Invests In Wind Farm in Texas
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 16, 2013, previously published on January 14, 2013 On January 9, 2013, Google announced its approximately $200 million equity investment in the Spinning Spur Wind Project, a 161 megawatt, 70 turbine wind facility built by EDF Renewable Energy in Oldham County, near Amarillo, Texas. The energy created at Spinning Spur is contracted to Southwestern...
| | NERC Proposes New Reporting Reliability Standard for Disruptive Events
Peter S. Glaser, Kevin C. Greene, Daniel L. Larcamp, Clifford S. Sikora, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 16, 2013, previously published on January 14, 2013 On December 31, 2012, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) filed with FERC a new reliability standard, EOP-004-2, that would require certain entities to report any event that impacts or could impact the reliability of the power grid. Among other requirements, the...
| | Another Victory at FERC for Wind Generators in BPA Oversupply Dispute
Karen J. Kruse, Lara L. Skidmore; Troutman Sanders LLP;
Legal Alert/Article December 26, 2012, previously published on December 19, 2012 On December 20, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued two orders related to the Bonneville Power Administration’s (Bonneville) transmission service curtailment practices under a protocol originally called the Environmental Redispatch and Negative Pricing Policies...
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