Republican and Democrat governors pressed U.S. Senate and House leadership yesterday to extend critically important tax incentives used to grow wind energy and keep good-paying manufacturing jobs here at home. Washington Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee and Iowa Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively of the Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition, co-signed a letter…
FERC mulls how to encourage transmission investments
The following comes from law firm Troutman Sanders LLP On May 19, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) released the Notice of Inquiry (NOI), Promoting Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform. In passing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Congress added a new section 219 to the Federal Power Act (FPA). That section directed…