Infrastructure Modernization in Illinois
Peoples Gas to reduce its 2014 infrastructure improvement recovery amount.
Electric Vehicle Programs in Oregon
PacifiCorp to institute pilot projects to advance the development of EV initiatives.
Avoided-Cost PPAs
The Utah Public Service Commission has granted a solar developer’s motion to suspend indefinitely any further action in several consolidated dockets under which an electric utility, Rocky Mountain Power (RMP), was seeking approval of new power purchase agreements (PPAs) with a couple of the developer’s solar projects.
Solar Community in Florida
Calling itself the nation’s first planned development to be powered exclusively by solar, Babcock Ranch, located north of Ft. Myers on Florida’s Gulf Coast, hosted its first permanent residents last month in preparation for its official grand opening in March. The new community, which features various residential neighborhoods being built around a town center and business district, projects that at least 500 people will call it home by the end of 2018.
Community Choice Programs
California adopted a timeline and waiver process for community choice aggregators to serve electric load.
Court Tells FERC to Reconsider Its Rules on Self-Funding
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated and remanded five orders.
Appeals Court Rejects Formula Rate Challenge
Debate centered on an argument that FERC prematurely approved formula rates for future electric transmission service without knowing whether such rates, at the time actually applied, would still be just and reasonable.
Texas Rejects Proposal for Utility-Scale Installation
AEP lithium ion battery storage proposal had been envisioned as part of its distribution system.
West Virginia Awards Certificate for New Gas-Fired Station
The project also will help support West Virginia’s natural gas industry.
Vermont Confirms Jurisdiction over VoIP
On remand from the state supreme court, the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) has ruled that federal communications law does not preempt the commission from asserting regulatory jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telecommunications services. The commission previously had concluded that fixed VoIP services fit the legal description of telecommunications services under Vermont law, such that the commission was not proscribed by federal law from exercising its authority over VoIP.