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.
Rocky Mountain Institute
Nonutility buyers have contracted for more than 3.5 GW of renewable energy in 2018, the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Business Renewables Center reported.
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FERC wants PJM’s capacity rules to be resolved by Jan. 4 and has dispatched staff to help the RTO and its stakeholders adhere to that timeline.
Dominion
PJM and FERC must reconsider how they allocate the costs of high-voltage transmission projects developed to satisfy individual utilities’ planning criteria.
FERC has allowed MISO and PJM to implement the first of a two-phase fix to remedy double-charging of congestion fees on pseudo-tied generation.
Michigan Technological University
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the cost allocation for the Presque Isle system support resource agreements to Michigan Upper Peninsula consumers.
ExxonMobil
FERC rejected NorthWestern Energy’s attempt to limit its liability for service interruptions to an ExxonMobil oil refinery in Montana.
LandVest
The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC allowing ISO-NE to exempt a limited volume of state-sponsored renewable power resources from its MOPR.
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Cheryl LaFleur, who has been attending the FERC reliability technical conference since her appointment, always opens the meeting by citing something special about each year’s gathering.
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MISO’s proposal to put time limits on its alternative dispute resolution process with RTO members is still missing key details, FERC said Monday.
NYSEG
New York transmission owners will be eligible for full cost recovery when regulated backstop solution reliability projects are canceled, FERC said.
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