Stephen Hug

3 days ago | akingump.com | Stephen Hug |Emily P. Mallen |Ben Reiter |Sharmila Das

On June 4–5, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) hosted a commissioner-led technical conference to discuss resource adequacy challenges facing regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (RTO).

4 days ago | akingump.com | Emily P. Mallen |Sharmila Das |Stephen Hug |Ben Reiter

On June 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took four actions to ease regulatory burdens for constructing interstate pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities authorized under the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

2 months 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...

2 months 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...

2 months 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.