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March 28, 2026

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. 
PJM Seeks Proposals on NJ Transmission Project
PJM yesterday announced the first transmission project open to non-utility transmission developers under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 100...
DR Inquiry to Proceed Despite MRC Rebuff
PJM said Thursday it is pressing on with an inquiry into demand response providers’ ability to fulfill their commitments, despite resistance from members. P...
PJM Delays Action on CFTC Order
PJM Thursday postponed a vote on changes needed to comply with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission order exempting most PJM market participants from CFT...
Electric Industry Leads U.S. in Cybersecurity Protections
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) issued $9.2 million in fines for violations of its cybersecurity rules between 2008 and October 2012, ha...
FERC Remands DR Information Requirements
FERC ruled Friday that PJM must seek commission approval for new rules requiring demand response providers to provide officer certifications and additional i...
New Reliability Rules for Generator Interconnections
The commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for four new reliability standards addressing vegetation management and facility connection requirement...
Seeking “Bright Line,” FERC Leaves BES Appeal Rules Unclear
By Rich Heidorn Jr PJM Insider The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave final approval Thursday to NERC’s revised definition of the “Bulk Electric Syst...
Highlights of CIP Version 5
CIP version 5 is comprised of 10 standards, one covering the categorization of assets and nine mitigating their risk of being compromised. Categorization of ...
Bulk Electric Systems (BES) Inclusions and Exclusions
I1 - Transformers with the primary terminal and at least one secondary terminal operated at 100 kV or higher unless excluded under Exclusion E1 or E3. I2 ...
What You Need To Know About CIP Version 5
NERC’s version 5 Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) rules include 10 standards, two of them new. The commission’s conditional approval of version 5 ca...

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