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.
CAISO last week proposed to eliminate from its Tariff an annual state transmission concept plan that it says is obsolete due to FERC Order 1000.
A decade of mandatory standards has improved the grid’s reliability, but it’s time for regulators to prune unnecessary rules, speakers told FERC.
A proposed law giving FERC authority over the licensing of all hydropower projects has advanced to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied eight challenges to PJM’s Capacity Performance rules, potentially cementing changes to the RTO's capacity market.
PJM secured U.S. Department of Energy approval to dispatch Dominion's shuttered Yorktown units to address reliability issues in Virginia.
FERC Commissioner Colette Honorable alluded to the uncertainty surrounding her tenure during a luncheon address at the Mid-America Regulatory Conference.
Two panels at the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association Environmental Conference discussed the implications of Trump’s policies, including EPA cuts.
The North American grid was very reliable in 2016, but threats are increasing and restoration from a total system collapse could prove time-consuming.
President Trump’s nominees to FERC gave boilerplate answers to senators’ questions on hydroelectric project licensing following their confirmation hearing.
Planning reserve margins are expected to be adequate for a hotter-than-normal summer, FERC said in its annual summer reliability report.
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