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December 29, 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. 
Wood, Brownell: Unaware of Press Ban When OK’d NEPOOL
The FERC commissioners who approved NEPOOL as ISO-NE’s stakeholder body in 2004 were unaware at the time that it barred the press from its meetings.
WECC
WAPA to Divide RC Services Between CAISO, SPP
WAPA said its Sierra Nevada region will go with CAISO for RC services, while its Rocky Mountain and Desert Southwest regions will go with SPP.
FERC OKs Delay of PJM Capacity Auction
FERC has granted the PJM request to delay its annual Base Residual Auction to Aug. 14-28, 2019.
NEPOOL
RTO Insider Seeks Repeal of NEPOOL Press Ban
RTO Insider filed a complaint asking FERC to overturn the New England Power Pool’s ban on press coverage of its meetings.
LA.gov
FERC Sets La. Entergy Complaint for Settlement
FERC approved portions of a Louisiana Public Service Commission complaint against Entergy subsidiaries System Energy Resources Inc. and Entergy Services.
Coal Gains Under Trump CO2 Rule Likely Limited
The replacement for the Clean Power Plan (CPP) - Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) - won't provide much relief for the coal industry, according to analysts.
NERC Seeks to Balance Oversight, Collaboration
NERC CEO Jim Robb said his organization is sidestepping politics and striving to maintain its independence from industry.
© RTO Insider
Overheard at the NAES NERC Conference
The three-day NAES-NERC conference touched on EPA’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the debate over grid resilience and cybersecurity.
SoCal Edison
FERC Rejects SoCal Edison Bid to Curtail Storage First
FERC denied Southern California Edison’s proposal to treat its energy storage customers differently from its retail and wholesale ratepayers.
PG&E
Can PG&E Quit CAISO? FERC Wants to Know
FERC instructed Pacific Gas and Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to brief it on whether Cal. law allows PG&E to quit CAISO.

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