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 Delaware General Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the PJM cost allocation for the Artificial Island project.
FERC approved Transource Kansas’ settlement with state regulators, under which the company will receive a 9.8% base ROE.
FERC accepted PJM’s cost responsibility assignments for 33 of 34 baseline upgrades, ordering the RTO to change the billing for one Dominion project.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly to enter conference committee negotiations with the House of Representatives on energy legislation.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on FERC, NRC, the Senate Appropriations Committee, the North Dakota PSC and other agencies.
FERC rejected the CAISO proposal to prohibit EIM participants from implementing economic bidding at the market’s external interties.
Nearly every participant at a FERC technical conference on Order 1000 urged the commission to improve transparency in planners’ decision-making processes.
ISO-NE and NEPOOL said the new sloped zonal demand curves, approved by FERC, will significantly improve the performance of the Forward Capacity Market.
PURPA’s supporters and critics sounded off at a FERC technical conference exploring the ongoing challenges of implementing the law.
A former lawyer, Martha Peine, spent years disputing AEP (NYSE:AEP) rate filings at FERC all by herself and won a $4.2 million refund for ratepayers.
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