Pending Cases

No. 19-1178 (D.C. Cir. filed 9/5/2019) Place in PJM interconnection queue for Stonegate Gateway Energy Center project; project’s suspension period and milestone deadlines.  Stonegate Power, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 167 FERC ¶ 61,014  (2019), reh’g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,019  (2019).  

No. 19-1218 (D.C. Cir. filed 10/21/2019) Denial of late intervention, after Commission denied PJM request for waiver of Financial Transmission Rights (FTR) liquidation rules, following liquidation of defaulted FTR portfolio of GreenHat Energy.  PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 167 FERC ¶ 61,209  (2019), reh'g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,104  (2019).  

Nos. 19-1142 and 19-1147 (D.C. Cir. filed 7/11/2019) Amendment to regulations to remove barriers to the participation of electric storage resources in the capacity, energy, and ancillary service markets operated by regional entities.  Electric Storage Participation in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, Order 841, 162 FERC ¶ 61,127  (2018), order on reh’g and clar., Order 841-A, 167 FERC ¶ 61,154  (2019).  

No. 19-1009 (D.C. Cir. filed 1/15/2019) Certificate authorizing construction and operation of Tennessee’s Connecticut Expansion Project in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; denial of late intervention. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., L.L.C., 162 FERC ¶ 61,013  (2018), (and earlier 4/12/17 notice to proceed , reh’g denied, 165 FERC ¶ 61,170  (2018).  

Nos. 16-1019 and 16-1027 (D.C. Cir. filed 1/19/2016)  Filing by MISO to revise its resource adequacy construct. Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, 139 FERC ¶ 61,199 (2012), order on reh’g, 153 FERC ¶ 61,229 (2015).  

No. 19-1236 and 19-1237 (D.C. Cir. filed 11/8/2019) Order removing a market power mitigation measure imposed to resolve horizontal market power concerns originating from 1998 utility merger and 2006 withdrawal from Midcontinent ISO.  Louisville Gas and Elec. Co. and Kentucky Utils. Co., 166 FERC ¶ 61,206  (2019), reh'g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,152 (2019).  

No. 19-1074 (D.C. Cir. filed 4/2/2019) Certificate to construct and operate Westlake Expansion Project in Louisiana; denial of proposed rate design (proposed separate incremental recourse reservation rate and usage rate for service on the Project).  Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP, 163 FERC ¶ 61,124 (2018), reh’g denied, 166 FERC ¶ 61,089 (2019).  

No. 17-1251, et al. (D.C. Cir. filed 11/21/2017 and later) Calculation of refunds as a result of Entergy’s violation of the System Agreement through improper allocation of energy used to source Entergy Arkansas’s off-system sales of energy. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm’n v. Entergy Corp.,, Op. No. 521, 139 FERC ¶ 61,240 (2012), order on reh’g, 155 FERC ¶ 61,064 (2016), order on reh’g, 160 FERC ¶ 61,109 (2017); Op. No. 548, 155 FERC ¶ 61,065 (2016) reh’g denied, 161 FERC ¶ 61,171 (2017).  

No. 19-1224 (D.C. Cir. filed 10/24/2019) ISO-NE filing of proposed tariff revisions, implementing winter reliability program for 14th and 15th Forward Capacity Auctions, to compensate eligible resources for maintaining inventoried energy during winters of 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.  ISO New England, Inc., Notice of Filing Taking Effect by Operation of Law  (Aug. 6, 2019), and Notice of Denial of Rehearing by Operation of Law, 169 FERC ¶ 61,013  (Oct. 7, 2019).  

No. 18-1298 (D.C. Cir. filed 11/2/2018) Order rejecting proposed revisions to BG&E formula transmission rate, seeking to recover previously-incurred tax amounts. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 161 FERC ¶ 61,163 (2017), order on reh’g & clar., 164 FERC ¶ 61,173 (2018).  

No. 19-1553 (8th Cir. filed 3/18/2019)   Revisions to Southwest Power Pool tariff, to incorporate Tri-State Generation and Transmission as a SPP transmission owner; allocation of costs among SPP zones.  Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Op. No. 562, 163 FERC ¶ 61,109  (2018), reh’g denied, Op. No. 562-A, 166 FERC ¶ 61,019  (2019).  

No. 19-72886 and 72925 (9th Cir. filed 11/14/2019)Allegations that PGE and SoCal Edison violated Order 890 obligation to conduct an open, coordinated, and transparent transmission planning process, by failing to allow stakeholder input and review. Cal. Pub. Utils. Commn, et al. v. Pac. Gas Elec. Co., 164 FERC ¶61,161 (2018), reh'g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,171 (2019); and S. Cal. Edison Co., 164 FERC ¶61,160 (2018), reh'g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,170 (2019).et al. Status: motions

No. 19-1236 and 19-1237 (D.C. Cir. filed 11/8/2019)Order removing a market power mitigation measure imposed to resolve horizontal market power concerns originating from 1998 utility merger and 2006 withdrawal from Midcontinent ISO. Louisville Gas and Elec. Co. and Kentucky Utils. Co., 166 FERC ¶61,206 (2019), reh'g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,152 (2019).et al. Status: motions

No. 19-1224 (D.C. Cir. filed 10/24/2019)ISO-NE filing of proposed tariff revisions, implementing winter reliability program for 14th and 15th Forward Capacity Auctions, to compensate eligible resources for maintaining inventoried energy during winters of 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. ISO New England, Inc., Notice of Filing Taking Effect by Operation of Law (Aug. 6, 2019), and Notice of Denial of Rehearing by Operation of Law, 169 FERC ¶ 61,013 (Oct. 7, 2019). Status: motions

No. 19-1218 (D.C. Cir. filed 10/21/2019)Denial of late intervention, after Commission denied PJM request for waiver of Financial Transmission Rights (FTR) liquidation rules, following liquidation of defaulted FTR portfolio of GreenHat Energy. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 167 FERC ¶61,209 (2019), reh'g denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,104 (2019). Status: in abeyance

No. 19-1190 (D.C. Cir. filed 9/11/2019)Order granting complaint in part, reducing (but not eliminating) return on equity rate adder for independent, stand-alone transmission companies. Consumers Energy Co., et al. v. International Transmission Co., et al., 165 FERC ¶ 61,021 (2018), rehg denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,035 (2019). Status: briefing

No. 19-1178 (D.C. Cir. filed 9/5/2019)Place in PJM interconnection queue for Stonegate Gateway Energy Center project; projects suspension period and milestone deadlines. Stonegate Power, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 167 FERC ¶ 61,014 (2019), rehg denied, 168 FERC ¶ 61,019 (2019). Status: briefing

No. 19-1168 (D.C. Cir. filed 8/19/2019)Order dismissing in part and setting for hearing in part Louisiana PSC complaint against System Energy Resources (which sells electric power produced by Grand Gulf Nuclear Station to Entergy operating companies), claiming that return on equity, capital structure and depreciation rates are unjust and unreasonable; hearing established on ROE issue. Louisiana Pub. Serv. Commn v. System Energy Resources, Inc., 164 FERC ¶ 61,134 (2018), rehg dismissed, 167 FERC ¶ 61,240 (2019). Status: dismissed on 11/26/2019

No. 19-72102 (9th Cir. filed 8/19/2019)Amendment of license for Kern River No. 3 hydroelectric project to address recreational whitewater flow releases. Southern California Edison, 166 FERC ¶ 62,049 (2019), rehg denied, 167 FERC ¶ 61,243 (2019). Status: dismissed 11/12/2019

No. 19-1169 (D.C. Cir. filed 8/15/2019)Dismissal of applications for preliminary permits at 60 nuclear power plant sites, to develop algae cultivation and retention ponds using waste heat from the output of adjacent nuclear facilities. Algignis, Inc., 167 FERC ¶ 61,244 (2019), denying rehearing of 2/22/19 staff letter.et al. Status: motions