PJM has long permitted generators to collect revenues for the provision of reactive power and voltage support (reactive power) under Schedule 2 of the PJM Tariff. Innumerable generating facilities have availed themselves of this opportunity. Nearly every such reactive revenue requirement case has settled. Although the vast majority of PJM transmission owners (TOs), whose ratepayers pay the majority of the reactive power rates, have divested their generation, few Transmission Owners (TOs), and fewer state commissions/consumer advocates representing such retail ratepayers, … Read the rest
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The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.
On August 3, President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol and interfering with the results of the 2020 election. A day later, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that “the Supreme Court must intercede.”
Even … Read the rest
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A major Second Amendment dispute and a challenge to the constitutionality of efforts by public officials to block constituents on social media headline the Supreme Court’s November argument calendar, which was released on Wednesday. The session, which begins on Oct. 30, is a relatively light one, with the justices scheduled to hear oral arguments in just seven cases over six days.
The justices will hear oral argument in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed, the social media … Read the rest
At the Summer 2023 National Meeting of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), a number of sessions were focused on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives, led by the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance (the “R&I Committee”) and the Climate and Resiliency (EX) Task Force (“C&R Task Force”), both of which report to the NAIC Executive (EX) Committee. While neither the C&R Task Force nor the R&I Committee announced any … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:
- Payday Lenders Gave Millions To Republican Group That Backed Supreme Court Suit To Annihilate CFPB (Akela Lacy, The Intercept)
- Case closed? Supreme Court silent after Thomas luxury travel raised ethics scandal (John Fritze, USA Today)
- After Supreme Court Forces Its Hand, E.P.A. Curbs Wetlands Protection (Lisa Friedman & Coral Davenport, The New York Times)
Matthew Homan has what he tongue-in-cheek describes as “Idea Surplus Disorder.” He’s never short of good ideas. Here is one of his better LinkedIn posts. Paralysis due to fear is one of the leading impediments to productive innovation.
… Read the restLeaders, start reframing failure as “tuition.”
Tell your teams you’re happy to pay tuition to learn a lesson, but make it clear that you’re not willing to pay to take the same class twice.
It will encourage your team to experiment and
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- Drugmakers could find sympathetic US Supreme Court in drug pricing lawsuits (Brendan Pierson, Reuters)
- Alabama attorney general says he has right to prosecute people who facilitate travel for out-of-state abortions (Andy Rose, CNN)
- Supreme Court Urged to Protect ‘Essential Restraint’ on Taxation (Aysha Bagchi, Bloomberg Law)
- The EPA removes federal protections for most of
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Justice Clarence Thomas took three trips in 2022 hosted in part or in full by Dallas billionaire Harlan Crow, according to a financial disclosure form made public on Thursday morning. The form also revealed that on at least two of those trips, Thomas traveled by private jet – according to Thomas, at the recommendation of his security detail in the wake of the leaked draft opinion overturning the constitutional right to an abortion.
Each justice is required to file … Read the rest