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Oregon Utility State-Jurisdictional Interconnection Revisions to Conform with FERC Orders 2023 and 2023-A
February 21, 2026 By
On January 8 and September 4, 2025, the Oregon Public Utility Commission (Commission) approved revised small and large generator interconnection procedures (SGIP and LGIP) for Qualifying Facilities (QFs) for Oregon’s three investor-owned utilities, Portland General Electric Company (PGE), PacifiCorp, and Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power). These filings were necessary to bring the utilities in compliance with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order Nos. 2023 and 2023-A, which mandated revisions to the utilities’ Large Generator Interconnection Agreements (LGIAs) and LGIPs. Many stakeholders, including Commission Staff, Community Renewable Energy Association, Oregon Solar + Storage Industries Association, Renewable Energy Coalition lobbied for greater alignment with the FERC-approved agreements and procedures. [Read more…]
Bonneville Power Administration Adopts New Power and Transmission Rates
September 1, 2025 By
On July 24, 2025, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Administrator issued the Final Record of Decision (ROD) for BPA’s BP-26 rate proceeding, setting out new power and transmission rates for fiscal years (FY) 2026-2028. The new rates were developed collaboratively, with settlements reducing the initially proposed increases. [Read more…]
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals Upheld the FERC’s Grant of QF Status to Broadview Solar’s Solar-Plus-Storage Facility
February 17, 2023 By
On February 14, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit affirmed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) grant of qualifying facility (QF) status to Broadview Solar. The Court upheld FERC’s decision that a 160 MW solar-plus-storage project is a QF under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). [Read more…]
FERC Finds Utah QF Established LEO Prior to Utility’s PURPA Waiver Filing
April 28, 2021 By
On April 15, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order finding that a qualifying facility (QF) called Kanab Solar had established a legally enforceable obligation (LEO) to sell power to Garkane Energy Cooperative (Garkane) prior to the date that Garkane and its generation and transmission cooperative, Deseret Power, had petitioned FERC for waivers to some of their obligations under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). FERC granted the waivers. However, FERC also determined that Kanab Solar established a LEO before the petitions were filed. This means that the waivers do not affect Kanab Solar’s pre-existing right to choose to sell to Garkane rather than to Deseret Power. [Read more…]
