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.
FERC identified 13 additional transmission owners it said should change accounting practices that could inflate rates by underestimating tax credits.
Southwire
FERC denied a rehearing request of its November 2017 order on remand regarding transmission cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region.
Ameren Corp
Federal courts rejected two challenges involving FERC Order 1000: one to Minnesota's ROFR law, and another to MISO's interregional cost allocation.
FERC granted PacifiCorp a stay on the commission’s order regarding an application to transfer the company’s license for its Klamath Hydroelectric Project.
Trent Lott and John Breaux have joined a new organization to build political support for the carbon dividend proposal by Republican party elders.
FirstEnergy Solutions says ISO-NE’s request to prop up Exelon’s Mystic plant shows why FERC should take emergency action to bail out coal and nuclear.
DOE
NYISO Vice President of Operations Wes Yeomans told the Management Committee the ISO is prepared to meet peak demand this summer.
IPL
MISO filed to intervene in IPL’s appeals challenging FERC decisions on energy storage compensation and dispatch within the RTO.
WAPA said it has submitted a formal request to SPP for reliability coordinator services on behalf of two of its balancing authorities.
The authors of the DOE memo supporting coal and nuclear subsidies took the spaghetti approach – throw everything against the wall and hope something sticks.
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