On July 17, 2026, Spiegel & McDiarmid partner Jeff Bayne and associate Lauren Springett spoke to the Kentucky League of Cities Utilities Partnership on the latest federal developments on utility regulation. Their presentation covered:

• Developments at FERC and NERC, focusing on significant recent and upcoming actions on the interconnection of data centers and other large loads to the transmission grid;
• FERC’s increased attention to affordability issues;
• The potential implications for FERC of the Supreme Court’s recent opinion on the constitutionality of independent agency removal protections; and
• The FCC’s ongoing efforts to preempt certain state, local government, and public power authority over wireless and wireline deployments in the public rights-of-way.