In the now obviously challenged Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power market, a strange dance recently occurred. On February 21, 2021, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), which oversees ERCOT, issued an order authorizing ERCOT to use its sole discretion in taking actions under the ERCOT Nodal Protocols to resolve financial obligations between
On February 22, 2021, the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced its intention to open a new proceeding to examine the threat that climate change and extreme weather events pose to electric reliability. The proceeding will examine how grid operators prepare for and respond to extreme weather events, including, but not limited to,
The inauguration of the Biden administration will bring a plethora of policy changes focused on US electric power production, fuel, and climate change mitigation and remediation. The Biden administration’s Climate Executive Order, discussed further in this Legal Update, declares the intention to “reduce greenhouse gas emissions” and “bolster resilience to the impacts of climate change.”
At its last formal meeting during the Trump administration, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opened a Notice of Inquiry to determine whether to impose financial assurance requirements on hydropower licensees and, if so, what those financial assurance requirements should be.
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