FERC finds against New York in Millennium Pipeline proceeding. On September 15, 2017, FERC issued a declaratory order finding that the New State Department of Environmental Conservation (“NYDEC”) waived its water quality certification authority pursuant to section 401 of the Clean Water Act with respect to the Millennium Pipeline Company Valley Lateral Project. Millennium Pipeline […]
CAISO Tariff Proposal Divides New FERC
CAISO tariff proposal divides new FERC. On September 1, 2017, FERC in a 2-1 decision, found the California Independent System Operator Corporation’s (CAISO) Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) amendment proposal unjust and unreasonable and unduly discriminatory or preferential, thus rejecting it without prejudice. Such tariff amendments would have created a new category of participating transmission […]