DC Circuit upholds landmark FERC storage order, rejecting claims it violates state authority

Utility Dive: FERC's storage order is broadly seen by the storage and clean energy sector as an essential tool to further the deployment of energy storage, and the D.C. Circuit affirmed the commission is within its legal authority under the Federal Power Act to ensure storage rules and practices affecting wholesale rates are "just and reasonable."

"The DC Circuit denied the petitions challenging FERC's order on jurisdictional grounds and upheld our order on the merits," said Chatterjee. "The court found our actions to be well within our statutory authority," he said, adding the ruling was a "very significant victory."

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