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Policy and Regulatory Activity – November 2011

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COVID-19 Response – What You Should be Thinking About: Regulatory Strategy and Cost Recovery

Developing a regulatory plan now will enable utilities to more efficiently manage the recovery period of COVID-19. Learn about what commissions and utility leaders should be considering.

FERC Announced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

When implemented, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) set off a multi-decade period of competitive transition for electricity markets. This article highlights how FERC must now determine if PURPA, as implemented, is needed to continue this transition or if these rules have outlived their usefulness.

Decoupling Impact and Public Utility Conservation Investment

Public utilities and regulators are implementing various forms of regulatory mechanisms that decouple revenues from commodity sales to remove a disincentive or create an incentive for utilities to invest in and encourage consumers to conserve electricity, natural gas and water. This article, featured by Energy Policy, highlights the major questions and considerations.

FERC Ends Department of Energy’s Proposed Resilience Rule but Initiates a Resilience Proceeding of Its Own

On January 8, 2018, FERC terminated the proceeding initiated in September 2017 (Docket No. RM18-1-000) to address the proposed rule on grid reliability and resilience pricing (DOE NOPR). This article explores FERC's reasoning for declining the rule, FERC's own "holistic" resilience proceeding, the history of elevating grid resilience as a regulatory concern, and next steps.

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Rate Case Activity: No Good News on the Horizon

2011 rate case activity will not likely match 2010’s record number of rate case fillings. Read more below.

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Outlook for Coal-Fired Generation: Environmental Rules Are Tightening
Outlook for Coal-Fired Generation: Electric Industry Focus Is on Three Major EPA Rules
Order 745: Seeking Comparability and Uniformity in Compensating Demand Response
Order 1000: A Big Deal…or Not So Much?

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Brad Kitchens President and CEO

Greg Litra Partner

May we suggest:

COVID-19 Response – What You Should be Thinking About: Regulatory Strategy and Cost Recovery

Developing a regulatory plan now will enable utilities to more efficiently manage the recovery period of COVID-19. Learn about what commissions and utility leaders should be considering.

FERC Announced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

When implemented, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) set off a multi-decade period of competitive transition for electricity markets. This article highlights how FERC must now determine if PURPA, as implemented, is needed to continue this transition or if these rules have outlived their usefulness.

Decoupling Impact and Public Utility Conservation Investment

Public utilities and regulators are implementing various forms of regulatory mechanisms that decouple revenues from commodity sales to remove a disincentive or create an incentive for utilities to invest in and encourage consumers to conserve electricity, natural gas and water. This article, featured by Energy Policy, highlights the major questions and considerations.

FERC Ends Department of Energy’s Proposed Resilience Rule but Initiates a Resilience Proceeding of Its Own

On January 8, 2018, FERC terminated the proceeding initiated in September 2017 (Docket No. RM18-1-000) to address the proposed rule on grid reliability and resilience pricing (DOE NOPR). This article explores FERC's reasoning for declining the rule, FERC's own "holistic" resilience proceeding, the history of elevating grid resilience as a regulatory concern, and next steps.

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