PURPA Changes Could Shake Up Clean Energy Market

Law360, New York (September 1, 2016, 12:05 PM EDT) -- Andrew R. Wheeler

Nik Schoenherr For a law originally passed in response to the energy crisis of the 1970s, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act has received a lot of recent attention from Congress and advocates for both investor-owned utilities (IOUs), and the renewable energy industry. The renewed interest in the law may result in action by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Background

PURPA was passed in 1978 as part of the National Energy Act with the goal of encouraging energy conservation and increasing supply of domestic energy development and renewable resources. While the importance of the law has ebbed and flowed...

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