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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. 585.107(f).

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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

Legal Planet

This power originated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gave DOE authority to designate “National Interest Electric Corridors” (NIETCs), if, based on a “ Congestion Study ” released once every three years, it found that a region’s lack of transmission capacity was already constraining economic growth.

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

Law Columbia

State law often provides that, in assessing the public interest, the regulator can consider “only the interests of in-state residents and businesses.” Significant support for these actions was provided in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law in August. or is not economically feasible.:

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