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 denied San Diego Gas & Electric's challenge of a commission order rejecting the utility’s request for an RTO adder to its transmission rates based on its participation in CAISO.
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FERC denied a waiver request by MISO and SPP to modify the Coordinated System Plan under their joint operating agreement, saying it is not the “appropriate vehicle” to improve the process.
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A yearslong dispute over who gets to own a 345-kV network upgrade in Michigan had the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals meditating on the definitions of “system” versus “facility.”
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California’s first offshore wind project got a boost when FERC granted CalGrid an abandoned plant incentive for a set of OSW-related transmission projects in the Humboldt County area.
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FERC changed its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy."
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FERC found that MISO and SPP’s 100% cost allocation to generation for the pair’s $1.7 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission portfolio remains appropriate.
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FERC told MISO it needs a few more edits to its queue rules to be compliant with the commission’s wide-ranging order to streamline generator interconnection.
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FERC accepted SPP’s compliance with Orders Nos. 2023 and 2023-A in part and directed the RTO to submit a further filing within 60 days of the order.
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FERC approved a proposed standard to require internal network security monitoring at high- and medium-impact grid cyber systems while ordering further modifications.
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NERC Chief Engineer Mark Lauby said the North American grid already has measures in place to prevent the mishaps that led to April's blackout in Spain and Portugal.
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