On November 19, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) proposed a rule that would revise both the Commission's pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and its regulations under the Federal Power Act to improve the accuracy and transparency of transmission line ratings.

On September 17, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued a final rule, Order No. 2222, to require regional transmission organizations and independent system operators (RTO/ISO) to adopt participation models that allow distributed energy resource (DER) aggregators to participate directly in their wholesale electricity markets.

August 25, 2020 – Wright & Talisman, P.C. is pleased to announce that three lawyers have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. We are also pleased to announce that Uju Okasi is joining our firm as an associate and that she has been included in the inaugural 2021 Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

On June 30, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit), sitting en banc, overturned fifty years of circuit precedent in finding that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or Commission) practice of issuing "tolling orders" for the purpose of preventing requests for rehearing from being denied by operation of law, which delay judicial review indefinitely, is not authorized by the Natural Gas Act.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on May 21, 2020, issued two orders that modify FERC's approach to analyzing the allowable return on equity (ROE) authorized for recovery under FERC-jurisdictional rates charged by public utilities and gas and oil pipelines.

Washington, D.C. – Wright & Talisman, P.C. has once again been ranked as one of America's leading law firms in the area of energy law by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

On March 25, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (Eighth Circuit) affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota upholding Minnesota's "right of first refusal" (ROFR) law that gives an incumbent transmission owner the right to construct, own, and maintain new transmission facilities that are connected to its transmission system.

On March 20, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to update FERC's transmission incentives policy to focus on examination of two consumer benefits: ensuring reliability and reducing the cost of delivered power by reducing transmission congestion.

To our clients and friends, We hope you, your family, and organization are doing as well as can be expected in these extraordinary times. Like all of you, Wright & Talisman continues to monitor the spread and consequences of the COVID-19 virus. Our executive committee has been meeting regularly to assess conditions and to adapt our operations as circumstances continue to change.