of the total last year — but they’re growing so fast (wind and solar use have quadrupled in the last five years) that just this week the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission predicted that solar power could soon begin to double every two years. Utilities are afraid that solar power will be to the electrical grid what PCs

rovisions, that bill would give the Energy Department emergency authority to protect the electric power grid from physical and cyber threats; require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to expedite consideration of pipeline siting applications; ease procedures for mining certain minerals on federal lands; increase water alloca

on for FOIA Public Liaisons in collaboration with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Justice’s Office of

of the total last year — but they're growing so fast (wind and solar use have quadrupled in the last five years) that just this week the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission predicted that solar power could soon begin to double every two years. Utilities are afraid that solar power will be to the electrical grid what PCs

om a financial services perspective. Read full article » ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL Analysis FERC To Take On Carbon Pricing's Place In Power Markets The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is trying to figure out how state efforts to charge polluters for carbon emissions can mesh with the agency's mandate to level the playing field in

Sandy clobbered the Rockaway Peninsula, a New York state judge has ruled. Read full article » FERC Won't Reconsider NY Pipeline Authority Ruling The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relied on a recent D.C. Circuit decision Tuesday when it upheld its conclusion that New York state environmental regulators waived their authority