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Electric E-1 – Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act (Docket No. RM20-10-000). On March 20, 2020, the Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) relating to electric transmission incentives policy pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA). In the NOPR, the Commission furnished proposed revisions to transmission planning and cost allocation processes following significant developments in the sector, reflecting a potential new focus on re...

A group of South Texas ocelots is teetering on the edge of extinction and environmentalists asked the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday to force the government to redo its analysis of how the cats will be affected by two natural gas projects. Female ocelot on the branch (Credit: Tambako the Jaguar, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0) HOUSTON (CN) — Ocelots inhabiting scrubland at the tip of Texas loomed large in a Fifth Circuit hearing Wednesday, as environmental groups assailed the government’s approva...