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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
On April 9, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO)1 directing several federal agencies and subagencies that regulate energy, environmental, and conservation matters,2 including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy (DOE), to establish conditional sunset dates for "regulations governing energy production." The stated objective of the EO is to require agencies to periodically reexamine their regulations to ensure that they continue to serve...
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to take steps to expand the use of its emergency authority under Federal Power Act (FPA) Section 202(c) to require the retention of generation resources deemed necessary to maintain resource adequacy within at risk-regions of the bulk power system regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).1 The EO appears to envision a more active role for DOE in overseeing and...
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1 month ago | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
Trump Executive Order on Grid Reliability Seeks to Expand FederalRole Over Resource AdequacyDirects emergency action under section 202(c) of the FederalPower Act by streamlining and expediting the approval of ordersallowing electric generation resources to operate at maximumcapacity during times of anticipated grid failure.
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1 month ago | 
akingump.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
By: Emily P. Mallen, Stephen J. Hug, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P.
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1 month ago | 
akingump.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
By: Stephen J. Hug, Emily P. Mallen, Ben N. Reiter, Sharmila P.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Emily P. Mallen |Stephen Hug |Christopher Treanor |Scott Johnson |Ben Reiter |Jameson Calitri | +1 more
On March 5, 2025, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) approved Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC’s (GPLNG) request to extend a deadline to begin exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its terminal facility currently under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas for 18 months, from September 30, 2025, to March 31, 2027 (the Order).
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Scott Johnson |Sharmila Das |Stephen Hug
[co-author: Barbara Deathe (Senior Paralegal Specialist)]On January 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within FERC’s jurisdiction.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das
On December 16, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC or the Commission) issued an Order to Show Cause and Noticeof Proposed Penalty proposing to assess staggering civil penaltiesagainst American Efficient, LLC and its affiliates (collectively,American Efficient) in connection with an alleged scheme tomanipulate the capacity markets operated by PJM Interconnection,L.L.C. (PJM) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Scott Johnson |Sharmila Das |Stephen Hug
[co-author: Barbara Deathe (Senior Paralegal Specialist)] On December 16, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Proposed Penalty proposing to assess staggering civil penalties against American Efficient, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, American Efficient) in connection with an alleged scheme to manipulate the capacity markets operated by PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) and the Midcontinent Independent System...
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Rob Butler |Scott Johnson |Sharmila Das
On November 27, 2024, in Venture Global, CP2 LNG, LLC,1 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) explicitly overruled precedent set in Northern Natural Gas Co.,2 a 2021 decision in which FERC made an affirmative finding that an interstate natural gas pipeline project it was certificating under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) would not make a “significant” contribution to global climate change.
