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Message From: Sent: To: Subject: Troutman Sanders LLP [Communications@ troutman.com] 2/20/2018 9:30:17 PM Wehrum, Bill [/o=ExchangeLabs/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=33d96ae800cf43a3911d94a7130b6c41-Wehrum, Wil] Washington Energy Report February 20, 2018 Washington Energy Report FR. Issues Fins Storage Participatioi Pria diienc Generators |Sj rie )s/iSOs and iponse for Pew By 1.ornai. DeVita.., tin!OGESlQ!..& Ry.sse|[Kooistra..on February 20, 2018 Posted in Generation.., Market.Poicy.., B M iliilk .., Renewables , Rulemakings In response to concerns regarding the changing nature of the nation's energy supply portfolio and the emergence of promising energy storage technologies, the Commission in recent years issued several notices of inquiry, notices of proposed rulemaking, and policy statements regarding various energy storage and ancillary service supply issues. Additionally, the Commission considered but ultimately declined to pursue the Department of Energyinitiated rulemaking on grid resiliency and reliability. On February 15, 2018, however, the Commission took concrete action by issuing a pair of Final Rules, addressing (i) storage participation in regional markets; and (ii) the provision of primary frequency response, a critical grid support service. Continue Reading The Washington Energy Report is a weekly publication written by the Troutman Sanders Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") practice that monitors and reports on significant developments in FERC and energy-related matters around the country. Quick Links W ashingtnjjins^ R e titi Troutman Sanders Contacts 202. 274.2926 Am iejSoM 202. 274.2922 Email M [Jeanne Crowley 202. 274.2814 Erna a Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00183266-00001 By Adrienne Thompson & Thomas DeViia on February 20, 2018...................................................... Posted in Generation , Market Policy , Reliability , Renewables On February 15, 2018, FERC issued a notice that staff will hold a technical conference on April 10-11,2018 to discuss the participation of distributed energy resources ("DER") in markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators. As FERC stated in the notice, the two-day conference will host several panels on two broad DER-related agendas: first, to continue considering the DER-related reforms initially proposed in the rulemaking culminating in the concurrently-issued Order No. 841 on electric storage participation in organized markets; and second, to broadly explore issues related to the potential effects of DERs on the bulk power system. Additional details will be provided in a supplemental notice to be issued closer to the conference date. The deadline to submit a nomination form to participate in the conference as a panelist is March 15, 2018. Those interested in attending in person are encouraged to register online by April 3, 2018. A copy of FERC's notice, and a description of the panels to be convened during the conference, can be found here. 202.274.2870 202. 274.2886 202. 662.2181 404. 885.3683 Tliipohlhkora 202. 274.2966 Ema)] kaii.Skj.dmore 503. 290.2310 Email I SUBSCRIBE I Finds PJM Transmission Owner Supplemental Project Planning Process Violates Order Mo, 890 and PJM Operating Agreement By 20,2018 i & Thomas DeVita on February ............................... Posted in Transmission In an order issued February 15, 2018 ("February 15 Order"), FERC found that several transmission owners participating in the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM") market have been acting inconsistently with FERC Order No. 890, and that certain terms and conditions in PJM's Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00183266-00002 Open Access Transmission Tariff ("OATT") are unjust and unreasonable. In particular, FERC concluded that the PJM transmission owners' planning processes ran afoul of the coordination and transparency principles in Order No. 890 by allowing the incumbent transmission owners to bypass input and, effectively, competition, from other transmission planning stakeholders. FERC ordered the transmission owners to revise the OATT and Operating Agreement in compliance with Order No. 890. Continue Reading White House Releases Outline for Legislative Infrastructure Plan By Russell Koolstra & Jasmine Hites on February 20, 2018 Posted in Natural Gas On February 12, 2018, the White House issued its proposed framework for an infrastructure bill to Congress. Notably, the White House's infrastructure plan proposes to (1) establish a firm deadline of 21 months for lead agencies to complete their National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") reviews and an additional 3 months thereafter to approve or deny a permit (i.e., a decision on an interstate natural gas pipeline project or hydropower license application must be made within 2 years of the application); and (2) amend the Clean Water Act ("CWA") to set a deadline for a state agency to determine whether a CWA section 401 certificate application is complete. Continue Reading f i it D Troutman Sanders LLP. Advertising materia!. These materials are to inform you of developments that may affect your business and are not to be considered iegai advice, nor do they create a lawyer-client relationship. Information on previous case results does not guarantee a similar future result. Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tiers 8&9 ED 002061 00183266-00003