July 31, 2026
The D.C. Circuit on Friday endorsed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revised policy for hooking up new power projects to the grid, saying the agency clearly acted within its authority to address growing interconnection backlogs.
September 26, 2025
The D.C. Circuit is set to decide whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission made a mistake when overhauling its policy for hooking up new power projects to the grid, after spending the entire morning and part of the afternoon Friday going over the penalty framework.
February 06, 2025
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission defended the penalty framework in its revised policy on hooking up new power projects to the grid, telling the D.C. Circuit it reasonably balanced competing interests and imposed a variety of safeguards.
October 31, 2024
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's revised policy on hooking up new power projects to the grid unlawfully imposes a punitive, one-size-fits-all system on transmission owners, regional grid operators and transmission companies told the D.C. Circuit Wednesday.