FERC Drowns in Solar and Wind Filing Avalanche
Published Date: 8/26/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission got a bunch of new filings from energy companies about power projects and rate changes. These updates affect solar, wind, and other energy providers, with some new rates kicking in as soon as July 2024 and others later this year. If you want to comment or keep an eye on these changes, deadlines are coming up fast in early to mid-September.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Public comment deadlines set for FERC dockets
If you want to comment or intervene in the listed FERC dockets, the Commission set filing deadlines at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on these dates: August 29, 2025 (for two AEP Texas securities supplements), September 9, 2025; September 10, 2025; and September 11, 2025. You must file protests, interventions, or other responses by those exact dates to participate as a party.
Multiple tariff and rate filings list effective dates
The notice lists tariff and rate filings that state proposed effective dates: Nevada Power Company filings to be effective July 1, 2024; a Duke Energy ministerial filing effective April 1, 2024; Emily Solar MBR effective August 21, 2025; multiple wind, solar, and storage Market-Based Rate (MBR) applications and PJM amendments effective October 21, 2025; and a California ISO tariff clarification effective November 19, 2025. These filings are identified as having those effective dates in the filings submitted to FERC.
FERC will help public participate via OPP
FERC's Office of Public Participation (OPP) can help members of the public—including landowners, community organizations, and Tribal members—access information and make filings such as interventions or comments. For help, OPP can be contacted at (202) 502-6595 or by email at OPP@ferc.gov.
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