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April 4, 2026

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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FERC Cuts ‘Ping-ponging’ ROE for New England Transmission Owners
Ruling on a series of complaints dating back to 2011, FERC ordered a reduction in the return on equity for the New England transmission owners, cutting the rate from 10.57% to 9.57%.
We Energies
FERC Approves SPP Program Mitigating Retirements
FERC conditionally approved SPP’s tariff revision to implement a system support resource program to ensure the transmission system’s reliability when a generating resource seeks to retire.
NIPSCO
NIPSCO, CenterPoint Get FERC OK to Use 11-State Cost Allocation for Retirement-delayed Coal Plants
FERC granted a MISO Midwest-wide cost allocation for Northern Indiana Public Service Co.’s and CenterPoint Energy’s coal plants kept online by order of the U.S. Department of Energy.
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FERC Approves Multiple Cyber Standards
FERC approved a slate of updates to NERC's Critical Infrastructure Protection standards intended to improve grid security while enabling the use of new technologies.
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FERC Issues Order 917 Requiring Changes to Electric Quarterly Reports
FERC approved changes to electronic quarterly reports, which are required of market participants and help track rates and charges of the firms it regulates.
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LS Power to Buy 4.4 GW of Power Generation Assets in PJM
The agreement announced March 18 is valued at $5 billion before closing adjustments, or approximately $1,142/kW of capacity.
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PJM Eyeing Tight Deadline to Eliminate De Minimis Exception, Rebill Decade of Tx Rates
PJM updated stakeholders on how it plans to act on a FERC order requiring it to rework how it determines transmission rates and recalculate rates going back to June 2015.
FERC Commissioner Rosner’s Concurrence in SPP, Inc.
SPP’s Consolidated Planning Process a ‘Bold Step,’ FERC Says
FERC conditionally approved SPP’s streamlined generator interconnection and long-term planning processes in what commissioners said is a “bold step” in addressing the needs of the electric system.
ISO-NE
FERC Opens Show Cause Proceeding into ISO-NE Rules for Improper Payments
FERC initiated a show-cause proceeding based on concerns about the lack of provisions in the RTO’s tariff enabling corrections to incorrect payments to or from market participants.
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‘With the Skill to Survive,’ SPP Faces ‘Massive Challenges’
“Massive change, massive challenges, massive opportunities,” SPP CEO Lanny Nickell said in kicking off the grid operator's second Energy Synergy Summit that focused on meeting data center growth.

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