NRDC is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in federal court to overturn two FERC orders that…
FERC• Gas• Litigation• LNG• Pipelines• West
NRDC Sues FERC over Unlawful Jordan Cove LNG Project
May 28, 2020This blog was authored by NRDC fellow Alison Gocke, who has worked with Gillian on the Jordan Cove…
Capacity Market• Energy Efficiency• FERC• Litigation• PJM• Planning
FERC’s Power Grab
April 21, 2020A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in court to reverse FERC’s…
FERC• Gas• Litigation• Pipelines• South
SCOTUS Debrief: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline Cowpasture Case
February 25, 2020The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday on whether the Atlantic Coast Pipeline can lawfully cross the Appalachian…
FERC• Gas• Litigation• Pipelines• South
A Walk in the Woods: Pipelines and the Appalachian Trail
January 22, 2020By Gillian Giannetti, Staff Attorney and Sharon Buccino, Director of Nature Program Land Division at NRDC You may…
The DC Circuit fired a warning shot this week at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its analysis of…
Litigation• Renewable Energy
Courts Cement States’ Authority to Advance Clean Energy
October 2, 2018By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum The courts have now spoken decisively: States have broad authority over energy policy.…
Litigation• NYISO• Renewable Energy• States
State Clean Energy Authority at Stake in New York ZEC Case
March 12, 2018By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum & Anthony Raduazo, Legal Intern A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of…
Litigation• Renewable Energy• States
Federal Court Backs NY Power to Move to Lower CO2 Energy Mix
July 25, 2017By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum For the third time in less than a month, a federal court has…
Litigation• Renewable Energy• States
Another Court Confirms States’ Authority To Spur Renewables
July 17, 2017By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum States’ authority to enact clean energy policy was significantly bolstered last week in…
FERC• Litigation• Renewable Energy• States
Court Decision a Victory for State Clean Energy Leadership
June 30, 2017Update: On August 17, 2017, in a very short order, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied Allco Finance’s…
Capacity Market• FERC• Litigation• PJM• Reliability and Resilience
Federal Judges Hear Arguments Against PJM Market Rules
February 21, 2017By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments this week on the various challenges to the…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• Energy Efficiency• FERC• ISO-NE• Litigation• Markets• NYISO• PJM• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Renewable Energy
As Clean Energy Grows, Electricity Markets Must Evolve
January 5, 2017Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2016 Energy Developments As 2016 fades away in the rear-view mirror, we…
FERC• ISO-NE• Litigation• Renewable Energy• States
Connecticut Clean Energy Law on Strong Legal Ground
December 7, 2016A federal appeals court is reviewing whether Connecticut’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS) violates the Federal Power Act and…
FERC• Litigation• States
Supreme Court Will Weigh the Scope of States’ Authority over Their Electricity Mix
March 3, 2016By Miles Farmer, NRDC Alum In what is shaping out to be a banner year for energy regulatory…
Capacity Market• Demand Response• FERC• Litigation• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
Environmental and Consumer Advocacy Groups Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Hear FERC’s Case for a Clean Energy Resource
February 17, 2015By Jennifer Chen, NRDC Alum NRDC together with 11 other environmental and consumer advocacy groups today filed a…
Demand Response• FERC• Litigation• Markets• PJM
Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Citizens Utility Board, Sierra Club, ENE (Environment Northeast) and PennFuture Support Parties’ Requests for Rehearing of Order 745 Decision
July 3, 2014Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Citizens Utility Board (CUB), Sierra Club, ENE (Environment Northeast),…
Demand Response• Distributed Energy Resources• FERC• Litigation• Markets• Renewable Energy• States• Transmission
Court Deals Setback to Cleaner Electric Transmission Grid
May 25, 2014May 25, 2014 by John Moore and Allison Clements A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. has handed…
FERC• Litigation• Planning• Renewable Energy• Transmission
Order 1000 Has Its Day in Court
March 21, 2014The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an important set of reforms intended to save consumers money and…