Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil; reviews proposals to build LNG terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines; and licenses hydropower projects. FERC also oversees operations of regional wholesale electricity and natural gas markets and oversees the reliability of the bulk electric system.
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Environmental activists asked FERC to reject ISO-NE’s capacity auction results, calling payments to fossil fuel generators a climate and reliability risk.
SPP
FERC rejected a complaint by three SPP members seeking to overturn the RTO’s decision last year to increase its planning reserve margin from 12% to 15%.
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All four FERC commissioners testified at an oversight hearing on Thursday, with senators praising its recent approval of natural gas infrastructure.
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PJM Power Providers asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overrule a FERC order allowing PJM to recalculate reliability requirement parameter for BRAs.
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FERC approved Duke Energy’s rate settlement with two co-ops to reflect lower corporate taxes enacted during the Trump administration.
Western EcoSystems Technology
A Colorado solar-and-battery project facing ongoing supply chain disruptions can postpone its operational start date by 21 months, FERC decided 3-1.
Michels Corporation
MISO is proposing to eschew a total subregional cost allocation in favor of a half-regional, half local zone cost sharing plan.
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Congressional Republicans stepped up attacks on the Biden Administration's energy policies this week, attempting to leverage the debt ceiling to force change.
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FERC has approved SPP tariff revisions of resource adequacy requirements that would provide LREs with an alternative approach to deficiency payments.
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FERC said last week that “by operation of law” it would not reconsider its approval of one of NERC’s new cold weather reliability standards.
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