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.
FERC approved changes to CAISO’s congestion revenue rights auction, rejecting protesters' complaints that they eliminate legitimate hedging opportunities.
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FERC ordered settlement procedures over Pioneer Trail Wind Farm’s request to recover $826,926 annually to provide reactive supply in MISO.
FERC denied ISO-NE’s request for a Tariff waiver to keep Exelon’s Mystic plant running, instead ordering the RTO to allow cost-of-service agreements.
Rising state subsidies for renewable and nuclear power require PJM to revamp its MOPR to address price suppression in its capacity market, FERC ruled.
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FERC ordered settlement judge procedures over Westar Energy’s tariff revisions updating its transmission and distribution loss factors.
FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson will leave the commission after only a year in the post to lead a lobby representing the nation’s private water companies.
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Solar power and energy storage providers differed with LDCs and state officials in comments filed at FERC on Disributed Energy Resource aggregation.
The SPP Regional Entity will cease all compliance monitoring and enforcement activities at the close of business Friday.
President Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program evaded controversy in his confirmation hearing.
FERC identified 13 additional transmission owners it said should change accounting practices that could inflate rates by underestimating tax credits.
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