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An op-ed by Ari Peskoe: Investor-owned utilities are profitable companies. Already valued at a trillion dollars, utilities pursue growth to boost shareholders’ gains and impress…
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Harris vs. Trump and the future of FERC’s grid policy
August 20, 2024
A Democratic clean energy policy agenda, if Kamala Harris is elected president in November, depends on support from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the…
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The debate at the heart of new electricity transmission
August 7, 2024
DARIAN WOODS, HOST: This is THE INDICATOR FROM PLANET MONEY. I’m Darian Woods. COOPER KATZ MCKIM, BYLINE: And I’m producer Cooper Katz McKim, here to…
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Senators line up to support permitting package
July 31, 2024
Energy and Natural Resources Chair Joe Manchin and ranking member John Barrasso are poised to clear a major hurdle in their quest to revamp the…
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on July 15 rejected “by operation of law” requests to reconsider its transmission planning and cost allocation rule, which has…
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FERC Is Already Split Over the End of Chevron
July 8, 2024
As decades of administrative law were being rendered irrelevant last week by a landmark Supreme Court decision denying regulators deference in their interpretations of ambiguous…
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Supreme Court’s Chevron, Corner Post decisions could delay energy investments, spur litigation: analysts
July 2, 2024
The energy sector faces uncertainty following back-to-back U.S. Supreme Court decisions that limit federal agency authority for new rules and sharply extend the statute of…
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FERC Chair Willie Phillips and Commissioner Mark Christie are publicly jousting over whether the Supreme Court’s decision to curb agencies’ power will gut the energy…
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The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to give judges more authority over federal agencies creates new hurdles for the Biden administration as it seeks to promote…
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The Supreme Court’s newest rebuke of the Securities and Exchange Commission is threatening to unleash chaos throughout the federal government, creating uncertainty about the limits…
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Federal energy regulators may face enforcement delays and see more cases wrested from their control in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling Thursday that…
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Energy sector braces for Supreme Court NEPA case
June 26, 2024
A new Supreme Court case is seeking to limit federal environmental reviews for energy infrastructure projects — throwing the spotlight on conservative justices who have…
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The power to change power
June 7, 2024
Harvard Law expert Ari Peskoe explains how new federal energy rules might impact how Americans tap into the electricity grid and predicts legal challenges from opponents.
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On a special episode (first released on May 29, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: As another very hot summer approaches, a surge in demand for…
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Billions of dollars in potential profits are on the table for the companies that build thousands of miles of transmission lines over the next decade…
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A new rule requires U.S. utilities and grid operators to work together on long-term planning for transmission lines—the large power lines that deliver electricity across…
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As this country continues shifting from fossil fuels, one of the things we’ll need to do in order to keep electricity costs low and reliability…
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The Public Interest and Environmental Organization User Group (PIEOUG) discussed costly generation deactivations, RTO versus member filing rights over regional planning and long-term transmission projects…