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.
York Energy Storage LLC
FERC in November 2024 granted a 48-month preliminary permit to York Energy Storage LLC for an 858-MW facility along the Susquehanna River near Lancaster and York that could produce 1.5 million MWh per year.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
FERC has accepted SPP’s proposed compliance revisions to its Markets+ tariff that clarify five minor issues.
NERC
NERC's Standards Committee agreed to post several standards projects for industry comment, though members expressed concern about a plan to compress their timelines.
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
Opponents of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market said FERC's language calling for revisions to the market agreement was unclear and suggested changes to remove potential confusion.
McDermott International
An appeals court has denied Entergy’s repeat attempt to revive a 50% minimum capacity obligation rule for MISO’s load-serving entities, concluding Entergy lacked standing.
PJM
The Maryland Office of People’s Counsel filed a complaint alleging the rules used in PJM's 2025/26 Base Residual Auction would require consumers to pay twice for capacity provided by generators operating on RMR agreements.
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FERC approved filings by NYISO and ISO-NE authorizing them to collect tariffs on electricity imports from Canada.
SEEM
Members of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market filed changes to the market agreement in response to a FERC directive.
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Columnist Steve Huntoon discusses the "apparently unintended irony" in the Trump administration's latest executive order on FERC.
Potomac Economics
NYISO's market monitor says the firm fuel capacity accreditation proposal would incentivize generators to rely on inferior types of firm fuel service that could undermine the winter reliability benefits of firming up.
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