Aaron Stemplewicz, Esq.

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🚨RM21-14 is on the #FERC agenda for next Thursday. #FERC has the opportunity to lift the ill-conceived opt-out provision in O719 and fully unleash demand response resources across the MISO/SPP footprint by allowing aggregators to fully participate in the wholesale market. 🙏

In her testimony #FERC Chairwoman Swett said, several times, that a third of consumer bills come from rates overseen by FERC. Has anybody (can anybody) break this down with more granularity? #energysky

Lots of problems with the #NERC Reliability Report, but this is a doozy “…IBRs provide little or no frequency response capability…” Lots of data showing this is just flat wrong. milligangridsolutions.com/Sources%20of...

🚨The ban on aggregators of demand response participating in wholesale markets in Minnesota was reversed by the MN Court of Appeals. FERC could step in now and free the rest of MISO and SPP states by lifting the opt out in O719. mncourts.gov/_media/migrati…

Open Meeting Start Time: 10:02 a.m. Sunshine Notice: www.ferc.gov/media/sunshi... Video Feed: www.ferc.gov/news-events/...

This is a big deal for PJM to be admitting what we have long suspected. Power demand forecasts have been badly inflated…tale as old as time… www.eenews.net/articles/pjm...

What is going in Utah such that ALL their coal plants are so badly uneconomic this year?

🚨 Earthjustice, on behalf of NRDC, filed a joint Petition for Review with Sierra Club in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging FERC's approval of SPP's discriminatory capacity accreditation methodology. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

ISONE CEO, Gordon van Welie, says the Trump Administration has set the offshore wind industry back……“by over a decade.” www.spglobal.com/market-intel...

🚨Pretty 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. cdn.misoenergy.org/20250820%20R...

This could have been stood up through FERC’s OPP. In fact, numerous groups encouraged this in their comments regarding the creation of that office. If this is so important, why didn’t he just do it? He had every opportunity as Chair…

Open Meeting Start Time: 10:01 a.m. Sunshine Notice:https://www.ferc.gov/media/sunshine-notice-july-2025-commission-meeting Video Feed: www.ferc.gov/news-events/...

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.

David LaCerte nominated to #FERC. #EnergySky

🚨 At the @ferc.gov open meeting today Chairman Christie states that he plans to stay at FERC through the July 2025 Open Meeting. #EnergySky

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 jb-updates-june-2025--sharp-noyce-377408.netlify.app/economic-dis...

With the Campbell 202c order, DOE is attempting to make RMR-like decisions that are unwarranted. DOE cites NERC’s 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.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Energy Imperatives Summit, REALLY could work on increasing the diversity of its speakers…yikes…😬

Reports are out that Chairman Mark Christie will leave #FERC in July and Laura Swett will take his place, if confirmed. #EnergySky

Seven County just released . . . www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

“Is your electric bill too high? Thank LNG exports.” www.utilitydive.com/news/lng-exp...

🚨 #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...

People say we need less NEPA. I say hogwash; instead, maybe it’s time to consider expanding NEPA to #FERC’s administration of the Federal Power Act.

Yesterday, Earthjustice filed comments in FERC’s co-location docket (EL25-49). The demand for co-location is largely driven by developers’ desire for speed to market, but speed to market should not, and cannot, result in sacrificing comprehensive system planning. elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/fil...

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!). x.com/tkavulla/sta...

#FERC Open Meeting Start Time: 10:03 a.m. Sunshine Notice: www.ferc.gov/media/sunshi... Video Feed: www.ferc.gov/news-events/...

Hey, Philly area lawyers. Time to retake the Oath. philadelphiabar.org?pg=events&ev...

These firms will be remembered.

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 Earthjustice’s position in opposing ERAS. #EnergySky www.utilitydive.com/news/miso-fe...

ENERGY LAW students!!

🚨 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...

Fair play to Williams Connelly.

@rtoinsider.bsky.social needs to do better here. Not a single quote from a clean energy trade or clean energy advocate. MISO’s ERAS proposal is a fast track for gas. That’s it. That’s the ballgame here. Yet, it’s implicitly framed as fuel neutral. It is not. www.rtoinsider.com/99896-miso-q...

“Back-channel efforts to persuade major law firms to sign public statements criticizing Trump’s actions thus far have foundered, in part because of retaliation fears, people familiar with the matter said.” Pathetic BigLaw cowardice. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

No, we need more phase-outs of the leaky, dirty, and unreliable gas grid. www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-...

Rep. Fedorchak and I agree on at least one thing, we ought *not* extend the life of uneconomic power gen… #NARUC

Panelist Chris Harris (IBEW) at #NARUC detailed how threats to disaster first responders have never been worse, but didn’t go as far as to mention WHY. In case anybody else forgot… newrepublic.com/post/187137/...

Lots of talk at the opening “Mutual Assistance” General Session at #NARUC about increasing storm frequency and intensity…yet, not a single panelist has managed to conjure the strength to mention the words “climate change.”

Entering #NARUC…

Oh, hell no.

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.

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

On January 24 Voltus filed a Section 206 complaint against MISO (EL25-52). "Voltus asked FERC to deem MISO’s 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...

“During 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.” - NERC President and CEO Jim Robb Gas is reliable except when you most need it to be reliable...🤷‍♂️