June 29, 2020

REGULATORY UPDATE FOR JUNE 29 (COVERING WEEK OF JUNE 22)

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

The Commission has voted out two decisions that make significant changes to resource adequacy (“RA”) requirements, including adopting requirements for import RA, and changing counting conventions for other RA resources, including energy storage.

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

The Minnesota Attorney General commenced a new lawsuit relating to climate change.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FERC issued a declaratory order in ETC Tiger Pipeline, LLC, 171 FERC ¶ 61,248 (2020) stating that FERC has concurrent jurisdiction with the bankruptcy court to determine whether to reject or modify a natural gas transportation agreement.

California Air Resources Board

CARB adopted the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation to accelerate sales of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks in California.
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