August 31, 2020

REGULATORY UPDATE FOR AUGUST 31 (COVERING WEEK OF AUGUST 24)

Our energy regulatory team has compiled a list of state and federal energy regulatory developments to keep you up to speed on key energy regulatory matters from across the United States. Stoel’s energy regulatory team is always available to answer questions about any of these developments. Energy regulatory highlights for this week include:

California Public Utilities Commission

In the wake of the rolling outages, the CPUC in its voting meeting on August 27 approved a number of resource adequacy contracts, including contracts with Southern California Edison for 770 MW of battery storage capacity, and contracts with Pacific Gas and Electric for 423 MW of battery storage capacity.

Public Utility Commission of Oregon

The OPUC adopted annual adjustments to PacifiCorp’s standard avoided cost schedule for qualifying facilities, with prices for wind resources are higher than the base load resource, and solar prices lower.

Montana

On August 24, 2020, the Montana Supreme Court, in a split opinion, affirmed a lower state court ruling vacating and modifying Montana Public Service Commission orders that reduced the standard-offer contract rates and maximum contract lengths for small solar qualifying facilities.

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