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.
Constitution Pipeline asked FERC to reconsider a January order upholding a denial of the company’s water permit application by New York environmental regulators, saying the commission “erred” in its interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act.
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A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a series of FERC orders that allowed new MISO generators to self-fund network transmission upgrades.
Regulators from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana competed to heap scorn on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s bid to boost coal and nuclear plants.
FERC ruled that the Harvest Wind project must go to the end of the PJM interconnection queue to move its point of interconnection.
FERC approved PJM Tariff revisions incorporating two pro forma pseudo-tie agreements and a pro forma reimbursement agreement.
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The chairman of NERC’s Board of Trustees said the organization hopes to have a new CEO in place by the summer.
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Kansas Corporation Commission’s appeal of a 2015 FERC ruling over formula rates.
Exelon executives expressed confidence during a fourth-quarter earnings call that other states will adopt zero-emission credit (ZEC) programs this year.
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The MISO Market Monitor is seeking to use the RTO’s recent refiling of its resource adequacy construct to force a FERC ruling on changing its capacity demand curve.
The Edison Electric Institute celebrated the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at its annual briefing to Wall Street analysts.
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