The U.S. Supreme Court blasts Maryland for distorting PJM’s capacity market, thus affirming the Fourth Circuit’s ruling that the Maryland Public Service Commission’s Generation Order is field preempted by FERC’s plenary authority to regulate “the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce.” §824(b)(1). “[T]he law places beyond FERC’s power, and leaves to the […]
New England Transmission Rates Are Unjust And Unreasonable
New England transmission rates are unjust and unreasonable, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Notably, on December 28, 2015 the FERC found the Independent System Operator-New England (“ISO-NE”) Tariff to be unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or preferential. Independent System Operator-New England, 153 FERC ¶ 61,343, at P 7 (Dec. 28, 2015) (ISO-NE). The […]