Trump Executive Order on Grid Reliability Seeks to Expand Federal Role Over Resource Adequacy
By EsqSocial Corporation 11/04/25
On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to take steps to expand the use of its emergency authority under Federal Power Act (FPA) Section 202(c) to require the retention of generation resources deemed necessary to maintain resource adequacy within at risk-regions of the bulk power system regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)....
By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP