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.
Generators would be permitted to sell frequency response services at market-based rates under a rule proposed by FERC last week.
FERC’s protection of information on the vulnerability of the nation’s electrical grid is “severely lacking,” the DOE Inspector General warned in a report.
Powhatan Energy Fund, already embroiled in a battle with FERC’s Office of Enforcement, have now taken on PJM.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the NRC, the Energy Department and the EPA.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the NRC, the Energy Department and the EIA.
FERC issued a deficiency letter last week asking PJM to justify its proposal for reserve pricing in emergencies.
FERC issued an order to show cause against Maxim Power, telling the Canadian independent power producer to explain why it shouldn’t have to pay a $5 million fine for allegedly misrepresenting the output of three of its generators in ISO-NE.
FERC will have a vital role in implementing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan but won’t take sides in ideological debates, Chairman Cheryl LaFleur said.
Powhatan Energy Fund’s trading scheme cost more than 20 PJM market participants at least $100,000 each, with Exelon, AEP and Dominion each losing more than $1 million, according to an RTO analysis released by FERC.
Attorneys for Powhatan Energy Fund and Kevin Gates accused FERC's Office of Enforcement of withholding information that could exonerate their clients in a high-profile market manipulation case.
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