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.
The tax bill introduced by House Republicans would trim the wind production tax credit by more than a third and eliminate the credit for electric vehicles.
The Senate confirmed Republican Kevin McIntyre and Democrat Richard Glick to FERC, giving the commission a full panel for the first time in two years.
The U.S. International Trade Commission recommended that President Trump impose import duties as high as 35% on solar cells and modules.
At the Decade of Disruption conference in Pennsylvania, FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson talked about his concerns with the DOE NOPR and his priorities.
The PJM Independent Market Monitor and other critics say the alternative the RTO proposed to the DOE NOPR would also be expensive and undermine the markets.
PJM stakeholders discussed a myriad of topics and challenges facing the markets at last week’s Mid-Atlantic Power Market Summit hosted by Infocast.
The PJM Market Monitor estimated the DOE NOPR would cost ratepayers $32 billion/year if nuclear and coal units were all paid their full replacement value.
FERC denied Public Citizen’s request for rehearing on Entergy’s sale of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear plant in New York to Exelon.
California regulators voted to extend the life of a state demand response pilot project and expressed their unanimous opposition to the DOE NOPR.
FirstEnergy supports the DOE's call to support nuclear and coal-fired units, but that won’t stop the company from selling off its merchant generation fleet.
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