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.
Democratic FERC Commissioners Cheryl LaFleur and Richard Glick have split with the Republican majority over its refusal to consider GHG emissions in two pipeline orders.
The D.C. Circuit Court will hear oral arguments on April 6 in a challenge to a 2016 FERC order that reallocated most costs for the Presque Isle SSR agreement.
FERC on Monday approved MISO Tariff revisions allowing the RTO to gather more information about proposed energy resources before they enter the interconnection queue.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss a suit against New York’s ZEC program.
FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre disclosed Sunday that he underwent successful surgery for a brain tumor.
FERC approved ISO-NE’s reduction in the dynamic delist threshold for Forward Capacity Auction 13, turning aside protests by generators.
RTO officials asked FERC to allow their stakeholder processes time to develop additional resilience measures and to require more gas-electric coordination.
FERC approved ISO-NE’s two-stage capacity auction to accommodate state renewable energy procurements.
FERC on Tuesday rejected separate complaints by the Nebraska Public Power District and Xcel Energy over billed charges under Attachment Z2 of SPP's Tariff.
Entergy Louisiana will not have to issue refunds in a decades-long rate dispute with the Louisiana Public Service Commission, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
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