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.
PG&E
Order 890’s transparency provisions do not apply to asset management projects that provide only “incidental” increases in transmission capacity, FERC ruled.
Monitoring Analytics
FERC accepted revisions to long-term PJM FTR auctions to correct current processes that might overstate available system capacity and harm ARR holders.
PJM
PJM’s transmission owners have floated a proposal that would comply with FERC’s show cause order on their planning processes.
LA.gov
FERC approved portions of a Louisiana Public Service Commission complaint against Entergy subsidiaries System Energy Resources Inc. and Entergy Services.
NERC CEO Jim Robb said his organization is sidestepping politics and striving to maintain its independence from industry.
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The three-day NAES-NERC conference touched on EPA’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the debate over grid resilience and cybersecurity.
SoCal Edison
FERC denied Southern California Edison’s proposal to treat its energy storage customers differently from its retail and wholesale ratepayers.
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FERC clarified that Order 842 did not imply that existing generators are entitled to compensation for providing primary frequency response.
PG&E
FERC instructed Pacific Gas and Electric and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to brief it on whether Cal. law allows PG&E to quit CAISO.
The House and Senate energy committees sent FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre a letter concerning “highly partisan political remarks” made by Anthony Pugliese.
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