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 is hesitant to consider a regional cost allocation methodology for seams projects outside of an Order 1000 process, SPP said.
A group of citizens groups has dusted off a forgotten provision of PURPA that it said requires FERC to provide public funding for interventions before the agency.
FERC approved PJM’s creation of a funding mechanism to support CAPS through a charge to residential electric customers.
FERC approved the plan to keep the Ginna nuclear power plant operating but objected to elements that it said encroached on its jurisdiction.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Chief Justice John Roberts and Aubrey McClendon.
FERC attended to some housekeeping by putting to rest a rehearing request rendered moot by MISO and SPP’s settlement of their transmission dispute.
FERC approved changes to NYISO’s scarcity pricing logic to better reflect the real-time value of demand response.
FERC found adjusting the ARR allocation rules “are a necessary step” to correct the TCR underfunding, but it set the amount available in the allocation process at 60%.
PJM joined more than a dozen other parties in calling for a FERC review of power purchase agreements that would provide FirstEnergy and AEP a guaranteed return for their struggling generating stations in Ohio.
A parade of witnesses implored the CFTC to reverse its position in a case that they say could undermine the broad exemptions the commission granted RTOs and ISOs in 2013.
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