By Energy Regulatory & Markets Practice

On July 21, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 1000. As previously discussed in our Clean Energy Law Report and in a previous Client Alert, Order No. 1000 introduced several significant reforms FERC’s transmission and cost allocation processes. One key aspect of Order No. 1000 is that it requires each public utility transmission provider to develop procedures for considering transmission needs driven by public policy requirements established by…