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.
The MISO Advisory Committee discussed whether to work on a new forward capacity auction revamp and controversy over its survey with OMS.
President Trump signed an executive order directing the EPA to begin the lengthy process of undoing its Clean Power Plan.
FERC staff have greenlit PJM’s proposed Tariff revisions to allow increased participation from seasonal resources.
The ISO/RTO Council's report concludes the grid depends on adding renewables, the accuracy of data and coordinating DER at the grid-operator level.
PJM CEO Andy Ott and SPP CEO Nick Brown said that FERC Order 1000 is causing headaches while doing little to encourage transmission development.
Distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar and home batteries are forcing RTOs to rethink how they aggregate and process data.
Former FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said zero-emission credits (ZECs) may be rejected because of their impact on wholesale market prices.
Companies in the RTO Insider Top 30 reported revenues of more than $75 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, a 7% increase over a year earlier.
With a nod from FERC, MISO will apply a more stringent physical withholding rule and remove demand response and energy efficiency from market monitoring in next month’s capacity auction.
PJM stakeholders approved by acclimation amendments brought by the Monitor and issue charge to address minimum tank suction level costs.
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