Jon Wellinghoff

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Immediate past Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Jon Wellinghoff is an internationally recognized energy law attorney and clean tech energy expert. He consults internationally to energy policy leaders in the U.S., China, Australia, and Europe, and has clients with interests worldwide.

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds FERC Demand Response Rule in Energy Story of the Year

By Jon Wellinghoff on Posted in Cleantech, Distributed Generation, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, FERC, Litigation, Renewable, Smart Grid, Solar
In the biggest consumer energy story of the day, and perhaps the decade, the U.S. Supreme Court today upheld FERC’s jurisdictional authority in FERC Order 745. Read the Decision here (PDF). The so called Demand Response Rule permits consumer energy products and services, such as demand response, to participate in wholesale energy markets, and to … Continue Reading

Guest Post: Decoding the Paris Climate Agreement

By Jon Wellinghoff on Posted in Cleantech, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Environmental, International
In Paris over the weekend nearly 190 countries reached a landmark international agreement on climate change. My friend Gerard Wynn of GWG Energy has written an excellent explainer on exactly what was agreed to. Gerard has kindly agreed to let us share his post with Renewable + Law blog readers. His post follows below. [Originally … Continue Reading

SCOTUS Entertains Oral Argument on FERC Order 745, the “Demand Response” Rule

By Jon Wellinghoff on Posted in Energy Policy, FERC, Litigation, Regulation
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument this morning in FERC v. Energy Power Supply Association. At issue is the validity of FERC’s Order 745, the so-called “demand response” compensation rule. Full text of the rule (PDF). As some of our readers may recall, I was FERC Chairman when Order 745 was issued. While the legal arguments got … Continue Reading

Jon Wellinghoff Joins Blogger Team at Renewable + Law Blog

By Jon Wellinghoff on Posted in Cleantech, Climate Change, Energy Policy, FERC, Regulation, Renewable, Solar, Transmission, Wind
Hi there, this is Jon Wellinghoff, former FERC chair and current Stoel Rives partner. I’m pleased to announce that effective today I have joined the Stoel Rives Renewable + Law blogger team. We thought it would be useful to share with you blog readers some of my thinking and writing on the topic of energy … Continue Reading
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