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December 28, 2025

FERC & Federal

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency that oversees the transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil in interstate commerce, as well as regulating hydroelectric dams and natural gas facilities. 
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Ailing Chair, Resilience Inquiry Topped FERC News in 2018
FERC begins 2019 with a new chairman and renewed questions about whether it will resist President Trump's efforts to deliver on his pledges to coal.
GAO-19-98
GAO: No Consensus on GMD Risk to Grid
A GAO report on geomagnetic disturbances (GMDs) found a lack of consensus on how much of a risk they pose to U.S. electric grid reliability.
CORRECTED: FERC Acts on Transcos’ Revised Tax Calculations
FERC acted on tariff filings by more than a dozen transmission owners to correct how they calculate accumulated deferred income tax balances.
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FERC Proposes Market Screen Exemptions
FERC proposed to exempt market participants in ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO and PJM from its indicative horizontal market power screens.
GAO Analysis of Transportation Security Administration
GAO Critical of TSA Pipeline Security Efforts
TSA oversight of natural gas pipeline security is hampered by staffing constraints and vague criteria for identifying critical facilities, GAO reported.
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Chatterjee Pressed on McNamee Resilience Recusal
Bernard McNamee was greeted at FERC's open meeting by protests and questions of whether he would recuse himself from dockets on grid resilience.
NERC
NERC Offers Upbeat Long-term Assessment
NERC offered an upbeat report on the long-term health of the nation’s grid, celebrating results from its interconnection-wide frequency response studies.
Gulf Power
FERC Approves NextEra’s Gulf Power Acquisition
FERC conditionally approved NextEra Energy’s acquisition of Florida utility Gulf Power as being "consistent with the public interest."
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BPA Stays on Track to Join Western EIM
The Bonneville Power Administration continued its series of discussions with stakeholders about joining CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market.
NERC
NERC Releases ‘Stress Test’ Analysis of Gen Retirements
NERC warned that faster than expected coal and nuclear power plant retirements could jeopardize reliability if grid operators are not prepared.

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