Category — Construction
FERC Sets For Hearing Puget’s Tariff Revisions Regarding Intermittent/Non-Dispatchable Generators
In a case that highlights some of the regulatory challenges presented by shifts in the nation’s generation mix, on October 20, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) accepted Puget Sound Energy, Inc.’s (“Puget”) proposed Schedules 3 and 13 concerning rates for Regulation and Frequency Response Service, but suspended them for a five-month period, to become effective January 5, 2012, subject to refund, and set them for hearing and settlement judge procedures. [Read more →]
October 31, 2011 Comments Off
DC Circuit Vacates FAA Determination that Cape Wind Project Poses No Harm
On October 28, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (”DC Circuit) vacated and remanded the Federal Aviation Administration’s (”FAA”) “No Hazard” determinations for the Cape Wind Associates’ proposed wind farm off of the Nantucket Sound (”Cape Wind project”). The DC Circuit ruling is another major setback to the Cape Wind project that had its loan program put on hold earlier this year by the Department of Energy (see May 23, 2011 edition of the WER). [Read more →]
October 31, 2011 Comments Off
Obama Administration Chooses Seven Electric Transmission Projects for Accelerated Permitting and Construction
On October 5, 2011, the Obama Administration announced that it would “accelerate” permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines. These projects will serve as pilot demonstrations of streamlined processes and increased cooperation among federal, state and tribal authorities. [Read more →]
October 11, 2011 Comments Off
EPA Releases Long-Awaited Emissions Standards for Boilers and Incinerators: Some Relief for Existing Solid Fuel Sources, Less So for Others
Yesterday, EPA released a package of rules to impose new emissions standards for industrial boilers and incinerators known as “Maximum Achievable Control Technology” (MACT). The rules included emissions standards for five hazardous air pollutants or surrogates of hazardous air pollutants emitted from boilers at “major” and “area” sources and incinerators of solid waste or sewage sludge. In addition to the emissions standards themselves, EPA’s rule package included a redefinition of the term “solid waste” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). [Read more →]
February 24, 2011 Comments Off
Additional Greenhouse Gases Regulation Proposed by EPA
EPA last Thursday proposed two additional sets of regulations as part of the Agency’s effort to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) beginning on January 2, 2011. [Read more →]
August 17, 2010 Comments Off
