September 30, 2014
A coalition of nonprofit utilities on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit to reconsider its decision upholding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's controversial regional transmission planning rule, saying it will saddle them with costs for building and operating new transmission even if they don't use it.
August 22, 2014
With the D.C. Circuit backing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's controversial regional transmission planning rule, the legal battlefield shifts to its implementation, but experts say the appeals court's sweeping ruling will make it tougher for incumbent utilities and state regulators to fight an emboldened commission's decisions on whether plans pass muster.
August 15, 2014
The D.C. Circuit on Friday rejected a challenge to a controversial Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regional electricity transmission planning and cost-allocation rule filed by a swath of industry groups and state regulators, saying the rule was within FERC's authority to implement.
September 25, 2013
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday that it has the authority to reform the planning of high-voltage power transmission, despite protests from electric utilities that a new agency rule oversteps the commission's bounds.