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.
ISO-NE kicks off 2020 with a key deadline looming to file its Energy Security Improvements program to address winter fuel security concerns.
In his latest column, Steve Huntoon argues that FERC's ruling on PJM's MOPR will benefit renewables and not result in higher capacity market prices.
Pioneer Transmission can recover about $10 million in precommercial operation costs used to develop the Greentown-to-Reynolds line in Indiana, FERC decided.
FERC ruled that the proposed merger of ColumbiaGrid and Northern Tier Transmission Group into NorthernGrid fell short of the requirements of Order 1000.
FERC’s new method for calculating transmission ROE drew requests for rehearing from TOs perplexed it would use a MISO-centric order to set national policy.
PJM will spend the forthcoming year dealing with the fallout of FERC’s capacity market ruling and adjusting to a new CEO and CFO.
The party-line feud between FERC commissioners over whether to consider GHG emissions in reviews of natural gas infrastructure continued last year.
FERC rejected a request by SPP and its load-serving entities to rehear its order that eliminated the RTO’s membership exit fee for non-transmission owners.
FERC denied a rehearing of its acceptance of a settlement between PJM and transmission owners over cost allocation of legacy transmission projects.
FERC partially accepted NYISO’s plan to comply with a mandate that RTOs and ISOs develop rules to provide storage resources full access to their markets.
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