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.
Senate Democrats pressed Bernard McNamee to recuse himself from the resilience proceeding at FERC due to his role in crafting a controversial DOE proposal.
FERC would no longer review mergers valued at less than $10 million under a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
Transmission owners will be required to reduce their rates to reflect reduced corporate income taxes under a proposal issued by FERC.
FERC clarified that rehearing requests on Order 845 did not delay its effective date, only the date that compliance filings are due.
MISO, SPP and their stakeholders have been flummoxed in recent years by market coordination. At the NARUC annual meetinig, the regulators stepped in.
NERC stakeholders are expected to consider a new standard authorization request to address inverter-based resources after the Standards Committee rejected two proposed by CAISO.
NERC’s Board of Trustees and Member Representatives Committee held their quarterly meetings at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta. Here are some of the highlights.
FERC Commissioner LaFleur and others expressed concern that “fuel war” partisans could weaponize NERC’s analysis on coal and nuclear plant retirements.
The two-day Energy Trends Forum was sponsored by Organization of PJM States Inc. (OPSI) and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
The annual meeting of the Organization of PJM States Inc. (OPSI) in Chicago featured lively discussions about the RTO's proposed capacity market revamp.
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