DC Circuit Questions Solar Developer Standing in FERC Cost Case

The DC Circuit struggled Monday during arguments with whether a solar developer showed standing to challenge how costs for its Texas facility were allocated and approved by a federal energy regulator.

“It seems to me that although your client was assessed $311 million in costs, it voluntarily withdrew from the interconnection process so it was not financially injured by that assessment,” said Judge Florence Y. Pan.

“Given that there’s no economic harm because of the withdrawal, the only harm it seems to me is that your client lost its place in the queue—and if that’s the harm, then we ...