FERC's Republican commissioners dissented in an otherwise typical PURPA order, criticizing the majority for making “unnecessary” declarations on the case.

FERC ruled in three SPP dockets involving Tenaska, NorthWestern Energy and Nebraska Public Power District and Tri-State Generation and Transmission.

A bill in the North Carolina legislature would authorize the Utilities Commission to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon.

Michigan regulators want to revamp their interconnection process to create more certainty for generation developers and a fast-track for small projects.

Landowners told FERC that they doubted its new Office of Public Participation would improve the commission’s decision-making on natural gas infrastructure.

FERC reversed its September order denying a Montana solar hybrid project certification as a qualifying facility because its capacity was too large.

FERC reversed its ruling giving state regulators power to prevent demand response from participating in DER aggregations.

FERC will take public input on the commission’s nascent Office of Public Participation during “listening sessions” on March 17 to 25.

FERC ruled that all fuel cells that use waste heat in an integrated fuel reforming process qualify as cogeneration facilities under PURPA.

FERC rejected challenges to Order 872, which revised how it enforces the PURPA, but the commission granted clarification on several points.