Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
@aaronstemp.bsky.social
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FERC energy lawyer at Earthjustice. Personal account and comments are my own.
#EnergySky
#RivianSky
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10 months ago
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šØPretty big news out of MISO this morning. A continuing LOLE error that has existed since 2017 has resulted in a "total financial impact based on net positions [of] approximately $280 million." In other words, load was over-charged.
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https://cdn.misoenergy.org/20250820%20RASC%20Item%2005%20LOLE%20Continuing%20Error714224.pdf
about 1 month ago
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This could have been stood up through FERCās OPP. In fact, numerous groups encouraged this in their comments regarding the creation of that office. If this is so important, why didnāt he just do it? He had every opportunity as Chairā¦
about 1 month ago
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2 months ago
Open Meeting Start Time: 10:01 a.m. Sunshine Notice:https://www.ferc.gov/media/sunshine-notice-july-2025-commission-meeting Video Feed:
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July 24*, 2025 Open Meeting
Commission meeting are held in Commission Meeting Room (Room 2C) at FERC Headquarters, 888 First St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426 All webcasts are archived for 3 months.
https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/july-24-2025-open-meeting-10022024
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It is not only a problem of delays related to turbine production, but there are additional delays layered on top of that, including labor shortages and specialized materials delays as well.
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2 months ago
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David LaCerte nominated to
#FERC
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#EnergySky
2 months ago
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šØ At the
@ferc.gov
open meeting today Chairman Christie states that he plans to stay at FERC through the July 2025 Open Meeting.
#EnergySky
3 months ago
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New data from
@rockymtninst.bsky.social
shows every U.S. state would have lost more money in 2024 if their coal plants had been self-committed 100% of the time.
#EnergySky
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100% Self-Commitment
RMIās Utility Transition Hub helps key stakeholdersāregulators, investors, policymakers, advocates, and utilitiesāchart a path to an equitable and affordable energy transition
https://jb-updates-june-2025--sharp-noyce-377408.netlify.app/economic-dispatch-100-self-commitment/
3 months ago
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reposted by
Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
Christine Powell
4 months ago
With the Campbell 202c order, DOE is attempting to make RMR-like decisions that are unwarranted. DOE cites NERCās summer assessment report as support, but even MISO, its market monitor, and at least one of its member states (Wisconsin PUC) think that the report lacks merit.
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Energy Imperatives Summit, REALLY could work on increasing the diversity of its speakersā¦yikesā¦š¬
4 months ago
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Reports are out that Chairman Mark Christie will leave
#FERC
in July and Laura Swett will take his place, if confirmed.
#EnergySky
4 months ago
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reposted by
Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
Kacy Manahan
4 months ago
Seven County just released . . .
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https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-975_m648.pdf
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āIs your electric bill too high? Thank LNG exports.ā
www.utilitydive.com/news/lng-exp...
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Is your electric bill too high? Thank LNG exports.
Allowing more gas to be sold overseas gives a windfall to corporate executives who profit from exports as well as from the higher prices they cause here at home by creating scarcity in the market.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/lng-exports-electricity-bill-honore/747421/
4 months ago
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šØ
#FERC
REJECTS MISO's flawed ERAS proposal by a 2-1 vote. The Commission wasn't satisfied that the discriminatory proposal was justified and properly tailored.
#EnergySky
www.sierraclub.org/sites/defaul...
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https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2025-05/ferc-reject-eras-20250516-3074.pdf
4 months ago
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People say we need less NEPA. I say hogwash; instead, maybe itās time to consider expanding NEPA to
#FERCās
administration of the Federal Power Act.
5 months ago
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Oil executives calling Trumpās policies āeconomic vandalismā¦ā.
5 months ago
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Yesterday, Earthjustice filed comments in FERCās co-location docket (EL25-49). The demand for co-location is largely driven by developersā desire for speed to market, but speed to market should not, and cannot, result in sacrificing comprehensive system planning.
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eLibrary
https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_num=20250423-5243
5 months ago
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PJM badly needs to tighten up their large load adjustment forecasting process that essentially accepts whatever forecast the Utes allege (who all use wildly different forecasting criteria!).
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Travis Kavulla on X: "Calpine's CEO Andrew Novotny gave a provocative speech this week, pushing back on @ERCOT_ISO & utility forecasts of data center growth. He says to expect 5-10 GWs, not 22 GWs forecast by ERCOT (or >70GWs by utes!) Why the difference?š§µ" / X
Calpine's CEO Andrew Novotny gave a provocative speech this week, pushing back on @ERCOT_ISO & utility forecasts of data center growth. He says to expect 5-10 GWs, not 22 GWs forecast by ERCOT (or >70GWs by utes!) Why the difference?š§µ
https://x.com/tkavulla/status/1913255134072615305?s=46
5 months ago
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Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
5 months ago
#FERC
Open Meeting Start Time: 10:03 a.m. Sunshine Notice:
www.ferc.gov/media/sunshi...
Video Feed:
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Sunshine Notice | April 2025 Commission Meeting
https://www.ferc.gov/media/sunshine-notice-april-2025-commission-meeting
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Hey, Philly area lawyers. Time to retake the Oath.
philadelphiabar.org?pg=events&ev...
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Law Day of Action
https://philadelphiabar.org/?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=301022&mk=7A33543D84DD788EB88E16D0EED6C804CBCF00DA5BFCD6F5FAFCC1DB81D4CB15D811DFD1AF7F62B5520551E5DE91C95CBD8B06AECDAB5E3D92&utm_campaign=bar-5k&utm_source=membercentral-emailblast&utm_medium=email&utm_content=2025-04-11-may-1-law-day-of-action
5 months ago
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These firms will be remembered.
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6 months ago
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Hey Utility Dive, do states like Illinois and Michigan, who oppose this horribly misguided escapade, not exist? Great to see a bipartisan group of former FERC commissioners agreeing with a Earthjusticeās position in opposing ERAS.
#EnergySky
www.utilitydive.com/news/miso-fe...
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Utilities, state regulators urge FERC to approve MISOās fast-track interconnection plan
However, independent power producers, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission members and others said it favors incumbent utilities and should be rejected.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/miso-ferc-eras-fast-track-interconnection-review/744724/
6 months ago
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Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
Ari Peskoe
6 months ago
ENERGY LAW students!!
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šØ Today, on behalf of several groups, Earthjustice filed a challenge to Constellation's proposed acquisition of Calpine at FERC. You can find the Protest below. FERC docket No. EC25-43.
#EnergySky
www.citizen.org/article/ferc...
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FERC Challenge of Constellation-Calpine Deal - Public Citizen
Today Public Citizen joined with PennFuture, Clean Air Council and Earthjustice to protest the $26.6 billion deal for Constellation Energyā¦
https://www.citizen.org/article/ferc-constellation-calpine-ecp/
6 months ago
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Fair play to Williams Connelly.
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7 months ago
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@rtoinsider.bsky.social
needs to do better here. Not a single quote from a clean energy trade or clean energy advocate. MISOās ERAS proposal is a fast track for gas. Thatās it. Thatās the ballgame here. Yet, itās implicitly framed as fuel neutral. It is not.
www.rtoinsider.com/99896-miso-q...
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MISO Says Queue Fast Track Design Settled, Ready for FERC
MISO plans to file with FERC by mid-March a proposal to implement a fast-tracked interconnection queue lane for select generation projects.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/99896-miso-queue-fast-track-design-settled-ready-ferc/
7 months ago
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āBack-channel efforts to persuade major law firms to sign public statements criticizing Trumpās actions thus far have foundered, in part because of retaliation fears, people familiar with the matter said.ā Pathetic BigLaw cowardice.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic ti...
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/fear-of-trump-has-elite-law-firms-in-retreat-6f251dec
7 months ago
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No, we need more phase-outs of the leaky, dirty, and unreliable gas grid.
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-...
7 months ago
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Rep. Fedorchak and I agree on at least one thing, we ought *not* extend the life of uneconomic power genā¦
#NARUC
7 months ago
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Panelist Chris Harris (IBEW) at
#NARUC
detailed how threats to disaster first responders have never been worse, but didnāt go as far as to mention WHY. In case anybody else forgotā¦
newrepublic.com/post/187137/...
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āHunting FEMAā: Trumpās Hurricane Lies Spark Terrifying Threat
Donald Trumpās hurricane conspiracies are coming true.
https://newrepublic.com/post/187137/donald-trump-hurricane-lies-militias-aid-workers
7 months ago
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Lots of talk at the opening āMutual Assistanceā General Session at
#NARUC
about increasing storm frequency and intensityā¦yet, not a single panelist has managed to conjure the strength to mention the words āclimate change.ā
7 months ago
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Entering
#NARUC
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7 months ago
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Oh, hell no.
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7 months ago
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reposted by
Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
Ari Peskoe
7 months ago
Chair Christie is taking a very limited view of the effects of this EO. Consultation is already common practice on major issues. He says that EO would only align FERC-DOJ legal opinions on major SCOTUS-level cases, and wouldn't prevent Commissioners from dissenting on major orders.
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The February @FERC open meeting ends without a word on the EOs.
#EnergySky
7 months ago
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Noah Mitchell-Ward
7 months ago
Seems to me like if you have to do an RRI or an ERAs proposal, as an ISO you are admitting a) your capacity market is broken, b) your interconnection process is broken, or c) both
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On January 24 Voltus filed a Section 206 complaint against MISO (EL25-52). "Voltus asked FERC to deem MISOās stricter testing and contractual requirements unenforceable because they stand to affect rates and had not been filed with FERC for approval."
#EnergySky
www.rtoinsider.com/96627-voltus...
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Voltus Files Complaint to Hit Brakes on MISOās Stepped-up DR Testing
Voltus has filed a complaint with FERC against MISO, asking it to halt the RTOās new DR requirements ahead of the spring capacity auctions.
https://www.rtoinsider.com/96627-voltus-files-complaint-miso-dr-testing/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=
8 months ago
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āDuring winter extremes, the electric system in the Northeast is dependent upon reliable natural gas supply. When rare, but well-observed contingencies occur, reliability is gravely threatened.ā - NERC President and CEO Jim Robb Gas is reliable except when you most need it to be reliable...š¤·āāļø
8 months ago
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Just in case anybody missed it, on January 15, 2025, Susquehanna Nuclear filed a Petition for Review in the 5th Circuit re
#FERC's
Order Rejecting Amendments to Interconnection Service Agreement Docket No. ER24-2172, 189 FERC ¶ 61,078 (Nov. 1, 2024).
#EnergySky
elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
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8 months ago
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Hey
#EnergySky
, anybody have a comprehensive list of
#FERC
dockets where load growth (AI, data centers, etc) is the primary issue? If not, please add to this one! Docket No. AD24-11; ER24-1610; ER24-2172; ER24-2888 - 2894; ER24-2447; EL25-20; EC24-125; EL24-149; ER25-712 . . .
8 months ago
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Mark Christie designated as
#FERC
Chairman.
#EnergySky
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Designation of Chairmen and Acting Chairmen ā The White House
I hereby designate the following: Brendan CarrChairman of the Federal Communications CommissionMark ChristieChairman of Federal Energy Regulatory
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/designation-of-chairmen-and-acting-chairmen/
8 months ago
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reposted by
Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
8 months ago
FERC has issued a decision on MISO's second compliance order -
elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...
1) FERC found MISO did not comply with the DRR Type I model, sent it back to the drawing board, "the DRR-Type I model does not fully comply with Order No. 2222."
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#FERC's
Orders on these matters: 1)
#SPP
Capacity Accreditation (ER24-1317, et al.) - Suspended and set for paper hearing. 2)
#MISO
O2222 Compliance (ER22-1640) - Accepted and subject to further Compliance. 3)
#SPP
Markets+ (ER24-1648) - Accepted and subject to further Compliance.
#EnergySky
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8 months ago
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The Sunshine Notice for the
#FERC
January Open Meeting has several notable items: 1)
#SPP
Capacity Accreditation (ER24-1317, consolidated) 2)
#MISO
O2222 Compliance (ER22-1640) 3)
#SPP
Markets+ (ER24-1648)
#EnergySky
ferc.gov/news-events/...
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Sunshine Notice | January 2025 Commission Meeting
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https://ferc.gov/news-events/news/sunshine-notice-january-2025-commission-meeting
9 months ago
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reposted by
Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.
Benjamin Williams
9 months ago
š
@ferc.gov
programming note: The Sunshine Notice for the January 16th Commission meeting will be posted later today. Thurs, Jan 9, is declared a National Day of Mourning by President Biden in honor of the death of Former President Jimmy Carter with federal offices closed. šš”
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Rather than a laser like focus on the existing queues, RTO/ISOs are creating untenable separate queue jumping studies (PJM/RRI, MISO/ERAS, SPP/ERAS). It is a PROBLEM.
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
#FERC
Open Meeting Start Time: 10:07am Sunshine Notice:
www.ferc.gov/news-events/...
Video Feed:
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Sunshine Notice | December 2024 Commission Meeting
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https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/sunshine-notice-december-2024-commission-meeting
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Really interesting new white paper that examines the costs, scalability, and speed of deployment of gigantic solar-battery-generator microgrids for data centers. This out to be in front of
#FERC
in Docket No. AD24-11.
#EnergySky
www.offgridai.us
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Fast, scalable, clean, and cheap enough
How off-grid solar microgrids can power the AI race
https://www.offgridai.us/
9 months ago
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šØ SPP's new O2222 compliance filing is in at
#FERC
. Big shift in this proposal from single-node to multi-node participation for DR aggregators. This was the BIG issue
@earthjustice.bsky.social
fought for in our protest to SPP's initial filing!
#EnergySky
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9 months ago
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How do we answer this question? With regard to data centers, "[o]ne of my concerns is we're back to the combined cycle days where somebody wants to build a combined cycle, and they put five of them into the queue, and we're studying five when only one is built."
www.ferc.gov/media/transc...
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9 months ago
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Toyota just isnāt serious about EVs. Overpriced and under- specād.
www.caranddriver.com/news/a631733...
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New Toyota Urban Cruiser EV Is a Cute Little Ute for Europeans
With a better name than bZ4X, Toyota's second electric SUV has a flexible interior and offers an 181-hp all-wheel-drive variant.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63173323/toyota-urban-cruiser-ev-details/
9 months ago
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