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.
The Trump administration’s replacement for the Clean Power Plan will require modest efficiency improvements, according to published reports.
PJM staff unveiled a new capacity market proposal at a special session of the Markets and Reliability Committee: the Resource-specific Carve Out, or ReCO.
Canadian Electricity Association CEO Marchi complained to NERC that he and other Canadian stakeholders have been excluded from DHS cybersecurity briefings.
WECC
The number of reliability coordinators in the Western Interconnection should come into focus on Sept. 4, WECC CEO Frye told the NERC Board of Trustees.
Metropolitan Engineering
Critics responded to Eversource and National Grid's request that FERC clarify its order denying an ISO-NE waiver request to keep Exelon’s Mystic running.
The New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) Markets Committee debated ISO-NE’s proposals for conducting fuel security reliability reviews.
NEPOOL
The New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) filed a proposal with FERC Monday to codify its unwritten ban on press attendance at stakeholder meetings.
PJM
PJM staff are still working on how to respond to GreenHat Energy’s default in the financial transmission rights market.
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma
FERC approved Tariff revisions that will finally allow the Southwest Power Pool to implement a resource adequacy requirement.
Tetra Tech
Footprint Power asked FERC to dismiss allegations that it misled ISO-NE with supply offers for Salem Harbor it could not meet because of insufficient fuel.
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