Transmission owners prevail shedding doubt on FERC’s refusal to authorize rate of return for major generator interconnection upgrade projects. On January 26, 2018, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded five FERC orders that rejected Transmission Owners’ request to self-fund indirect interconnection upgrades of 345 kilovolts (kV) or greater (Network Upgrades), required to […]
FERC Modifications to PJM’s Capacity Market Proposal Violate Section 205
FERC modifications to PJM’s capacity market proposal violate Section 205. On July 7, 2017, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that FERC exceeded its authority under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) because its modifications to PJM’s proposal resulted in an entirely different rate design than both PJM’s initial proposal and its […]