This report summary is provided by Troutman Sanders LLP The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) recently released its annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment, which considers current and anticipated issues in electric reliability for the next decade. NERC explains that it evaluates certain “key reliability indicators,” including: peak demand, energy forecasts, resource adequacy, transmission development, changes in…
FERC denies appeal of wind facilities requesting to not be considered transmission owners and operators
This article was written by law firm Troutman Sanders LLC. On June 16, 2011, FERC denied the appeals of Cedar Creek Wind Energy, LLC (“Cedar Creek”) and Milford Wind Corridor Phase I, LLC (“Milford”) because the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”) registered both wind facilities as transmission owners and operators, subjecting the facilities to mandatory…