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.
Representatives of the Advanced Energy Buyers Group argue that PJM's capacity market revisions threaten companies' bilateral renewable energy contracts.
NRG Energy
FERC approved Cleco’s $1 billion acquisition of eight NRG Energy generation assets in MISO South along with the plants' wholesale contracts.
WER Architects
FERC denied SPP’s request for waivers from regulations guiding the treatment of information in its explanation of how it allocated costs related to a fine.
Experts in cybersecurity painted a somewhat dire picture at Infocast's Federal Energy Policy Summit when detailing the threats to the electricity industry.
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Panelists at the GridWise Alliance 2018 gridCONNEXT conference discussed the prospects of climate-related legislation in Congress and electric vehicles.
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RTOs and ISOs filed tariff revisions to provide energy storage resources more opportunities to participate in markets in compliance with FERC Order 841.
GridWise Alliance
California and Illinois won the top spots on the GridWise Alliance Grid Modernization Index, the group announced at the gridConnext 2018 conference.
PJM
FERC approved PJM’s proposal to extend the deadline for day-ahead energy market bids and offers by 30 minutes, from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
ISO-NE’s interim proposal to use an out-of-market mechanism to address concerns about fuel security was approved by FERC.
Pexels
FERC agreed with Monterey MA that PJM failed to provide information on two real-time repricing events but rejected the company’s request for refunds.
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