Posts by Jenna M. RackerbyAssociate
The Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has proposed significant revisions to its rules implementing the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) Act. While the amendments span procedural, definitional, and technical updates, the most consequential changes concentrate in four areas: (1) completeness determinations, (2) municipal notification, (3) professional-engineer certifications, and (4) amending pending applications.
On June 14, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in New York State Public Service Commission v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nos. 23-1192, 23-1259, and 23-1286, denying the New York Public Service Commission’s (PSC) petitions for review and affirming the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) rate filing.