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FERC Proposes to Implement Expanded Transmission Siting Authority

Law and Environment

And the Department of Energy, which makes National Corridor designations, has said that it intends to provide a process to designate such corridors on a route-specific, applicant-driven basis to address roadblocks as they arise. But a 2009 decision of the Fourth Circuit struck down that interpretation. Background. FERC Order No.

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

Interior’s authority to regulate offshore wind comes from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which amended the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to expressly authorize Interior to issue leases for renewable energy projects in federal waters.

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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

Legal Planet

Second, and perhaps more controversially, the IIJA amended provisions in the Federal Power Act dealing with the “backstop” authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the DOE. But two appellate-court decisions strictly limited this authority: A 2009 Fourth Circuit decision, Piedmont Environmental Council v.

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

However, in section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 , Congress gave FERC limited “backstop” authority to approve certain projects in areas designated as “national interest electric transmission corridors” by DOE. 689 was struck down in 2009 in Piedmont Environmental Council v. Among other things, Order No.

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