Robert Mullin

1 month ago | rtowww.com | James Downing |Amanda Cook |Robert Mullin |Jon Lamson

Dominion Energy Virginia on March 31 filed for its first base rate increase in decades, citing pressure from inflation and the need to reliably serve a growing customer base. The request would raise the typical residential customer’s bill by $8.51/month starting Jan. 1, 2026, and another $2/month starting Jan. 1, 2027, Dominion said in an application filed with the State Corporation Commission (PUR-2025-00058). The new rates would mark the first increase in base rates since 1992.

1 month ago | rtowww.com | James Downing |Robert Mullin |Henrik Nilsson |Amanda Cook

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on March 18 reversed its vacatur of FERC’s approvals of two LNG export facilities in Texas, having been convinced on appeal that the commission’s procedural errors were not as serious as it had initially judged. The court had vacated FERC’s 2019 approvals of the Brownsville Shipping Channel and Rio Grande LNG in Cameron County, Texas, and remanded them for additional proceedings in 2024.

1 month ago | rtowww.com | Amanda Cook |Robert Mullin |Henrik Nilsson |Jon Lamson

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed a temporary injunction against Indiana’s right of first refusal law and sent the case back to a lower court, leaving plaintiff LS Power with more work ahead of it to increase competitively bid transmission projects in MISO.

1 month ago | rtowww.com | Holden Mann |Robert Mullin |Henrik Nilsson |Amanda Cook

In a March 14 filing, FERC ruled that the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) is compliant with the commission’s orders and reaffirmed its acceptance of the SEEM Agreement in 2021 (ER21-1111, et al.). However, commissioners also ordered SEEM’s member utilities to update the market’s manual to account for changing a key requirement and submit a compliance filing within 30 days confirming they have done so.

1 month ago | rtowww.com | Devin Leith-Yessian |Robert Mullin |Henrik Nilsson |Amanda Cook

Planning CommitteePJM Presents Changes to DESTF Issue ChargePJM’s Chen Lu on March 4 presented the Planning Committee with a draft amendment to the Deactivation Enhancement Senior Task Force’s (DESTF) issue charge to add a key work activity (KWA) focused on creating pro forma language for reliability-must-run agreements with generation owners seeking to deactivate a unit identified as being necessary for reliability.