This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Energy Information Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Department.

Protesters are descending on D.C. throughout this week to protest FERC and its approval of natural gas infrastructure projects.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Energy Department.

FERC denied an application by Northern States Power to terminate its mandatory purchase obligation from Twin Cities Hydro.

FERC proposed Thursday to change when it assesses annual charges to hydropower operators that are not state and municipal entities.

FERC gave preliminary approval to the second stage of its reliability standard to protect the grid from geomagnetic disturbances (GMD).

States and federal regulators need to keep consumers in mind when picking jurisdictional fights over control of the electric industry, FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said.

FERC said single-step discounted cash flow (DCF) analyses that it formerly used are adequate to support rate complaints made before it changed the rules.

FERC has required NERC to determine the severity of a “benchmark” GMD event — the threshold against which covered entities would evaluate their system’s vulnerability and develop protective strategies.

FERC completed its initial review of all interregional transmission planning compliance filings required under Order 1000 on Thursday.