Norman C. Bay

Head of Energy Regulatory & Enforcement Group, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, former Chairman of FERC and US Attorney. The views expressed are my own.

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The goals of major utilities illustrate the ongoing #decarbonization of the power industry. By way of comparison, the Clean Power Plan called for a 32% reduction in carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030.

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ICYMI: Jennie Chen, Gabrielle Murnan '19, and Zoe Ripecky '20 @NichInstitute @DukeUEnergy summarize "Issues on the Horizon" at FERC in a November 2018 policy brief, https://t.co/i40Xhgh1BG.

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Honored to give the welcome address at #DUEC18! A great conference.

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Former FERC Chairman and partner at Wilkie Farr, @NormanCBay, introduced by @DukeUEnergy's director @murraybrianc, gives the welcome address for #DUEC18 - the 10th annual Duke University Energy Conference ⚡

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The Office of Enforcement at #FERC has issued its annual report, https://t.co/44dpYMB2gB .

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Bernard McNamee nominated to the Commission, https://t.co/pRMadaAE47

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Here's the 2nd Circuit decision rejecting the challenge to NY's ZEC program, https://t.co/xtz5t1xosh. Of course, my favorite part of the opinion is noted below:

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The Seventh Circuit rejects challenges to the Illinois ZEC program. "[B]ecause states retain authority over power generation, a state policy that affects price only by increasing the quantity of power available for sale is not preempted by federal law."

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What would load growth look like with electrification? Here's @NREL's study, projecting a reference case with limited electrification (annual growth rate of .65%), a medium scenario with 1.2%, and high with 1.6%, https://t.co/i91jRlSPYE.

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For policy wonks, the S-curve for US household technology diffusion: "Historical experiences suggest that technology diffusion, while notoriously difficult to predict, can occur rapidly and with an extensive reach." @NREL Electrification Futures Study, https://t.co/i91jRlSPYE.

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For anyone who thinks transmission is easy: here's a great slide from the @NREL Interconnections Seam Study, https://t.co/BVMkfv1w5x.

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Pleased to be @AEE's Pathway to 2050 Conference in Sacramento last week with @billritterjr, @TKavulla, and Malcolm Woolf.

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Regionalization of the western grid: “It’s a question of when, not if.” - @NormanCBay #Pathway2050

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#DCUnited on a roll, 4-1 over Portland Timbers. @WayneRooney brilliant again, with a brace and a shot off the crossbar. DC United are 4-2-1 since Rooney joined the team on July 14, and 4-1 at Audi Field.

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The celebration after @WayneRooney's first goal at #DCUnited. Rooney played with great passion, scored one goal, almost got another, and was dangerous throughout.

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NREL Interconnections Seam Study finds "substantial value" in increasing transfer capability between the eastern and western interconnects, https://t.co/BVMkfv1w5x . "Cross-seam transmission enables substantial energy & operating reserve sharing on diurnal and seasonal basis."

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FERC issues 3-2 decision (LaFleur and Glick dissenting), rejecting PJM's "jump ball" filing but finding PJM's capacity construct unjust and unreasonable and initiating a paper hearing to expand the MOPR and implement a resource-specific FRR alternative, https://t.co/s0xOyEt2nn.

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Joint op ed by Commissioner Glick and Commissioner Chatterjee calling for oversight of #cybersecurity of gas pipelines to be transferred from TSA to DOE, https://t.co/IphyV1l9aq. This would require a legislative fix.

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Pleased to speak with @JJMonast, Co-Director of the Center for Climate, Energy, Environment and Economics (@UNCCE3), about energy policy at an event for @unc_law alumni in DC on Tuesday evening.

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US large-scale #battery capacity by region from 2003-17 from @EIAgov report, https://t.co/tlfFivDsBR, #energystorage

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Other links: (1) the DOE draft document, https://t.co/84Q6HAOZCA; (2) the joint opposition by ten trade associations, https://t.co/f3fongBjdr; and (3) PJM's June 1 statement that its grid is "more reliable than ever," https://t.co/YO6mOWeskZ .

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This appears to be the White House directive to DOE on June 1 -- a "Statement from the Press Secretary on Fuel-Secure Facilities," https://t.co/12RXA30ry6.