Brendan Connors

May 15, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brendan Connors |Elizabeth Noll

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued Order No. 1920, which adopts specific requirements for transmission providers to conduct long-term planning for regional transmission facilities and determine how to pay for them. The rule requires transmission operators to conduct and periodically update long-term transmission planning over a 20-year time horizon to anticipate future needs.

Dec 21, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jonathan Moore |Brendan Connors |John Reynolds |Skip McKinnell

1 INTRODUCTION Recent changes in the Earth's climate are both unprecedented and intensifying, with some changes likely to be irreversible over hundreds to thousands of years (IPCC, 2022). Human activities are responsible for more than 1°C of warming over the last century, and global temperatures are expected to increase on average by an additional 0.5°C in the coming decades (Allen et al., 2018).

Nov 6, 2023 | dailygamecock.com | Brendan Connors

Last spring, controversial Florida politician and investigative journalist Laura Loomer made her first-ever visit to a college campus to speak with the University of South Carolina community about the importance of upholding free speech on college campuses. A crowd of around 50 protestors gathered in the hallway outside of the scheduled room, with about 20 additional protestors entering the event.