Solar groups challenge FERC Broadview order reversing 40 years of PURPA precedent

Utility Dive: PURPA has been a hot button topic for a long time, but focus on the 42-year-old law has heightened over the past year since FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) on it in September of 2019, and a subsequent final rule in July.

In neither of those proceedings did the commission weigh whether to change its stance on what qualifies as a facility's maximum power threshold, SEIA said in its rehearing request , despite extensive review of other provisions in the FPA. Therefore, the group alleged that FERC's ruling "is a violation of the APA and an abuse of discretion."

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