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Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 01.09.12

The Federal Circuit in Digitalis Educ. Solutions, Inc. v. U.S. (Jan. 4, 2012) emphasized that a company wanting to protest must itself satisfy the stipulated process. In this case, the company lost its right to complain of a sole-source award to a competitor because it did not routinely check FedBizOpps, where the agency published a notice of the proposed award, or submit its own statement of capability to show it could do the job, as the notice in FedBizOpps required.

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Client Alert | 3 min read | 10.24.25

In a Move Affecting the Future of Data Centers, DOE Directs FERC to Act On Large Load Interconnections

On October 23rd, the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) containing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANOPR”) with principles for all large load interconnections across the US, including those co-located with generating facilities.[1] Significantly, the Secretary of Energy states that the interconnection of large loads to the transmission system “falls squarely” within FERC’s jurisdiction, thus weighing in on a dispute that has been pending before FERC for over a year. This move appears to be a reaction to the continued pendency before FERC of the colocation dockets[2] and a technical conference on colocation held almost a year ago.[3]...