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.
Last week's PJM MRC meeting featured an hour of heated discussion on Capacity Performance penalty rates that included allegations of political maneuvering and more.
Regulators urged their colleagues at the NARUC summer conference to join them in developing cybersecurity rules for electric distribution companies.
Less than a year after enjoying a 2-cent reduction in SPP’s administrative fee, the RTO’s members are now facing the prospect of a 4-cent hike for 2017.
The PJM Capacity Performance rules got little love during a NARUC panel discussion on the role of states versus markets in procuring electric generation.
American Electric Power CEO Nick Akins said last week that AEP is seeking only a partial “restructuring” of Ohio’s energy market.
FERC approved a settlement in a dispute between WPPI Energy and MISO over how to allocate voltage and local reliability costs to pseudo-tied load.
FirstEnergy will retire four units at its Sammis coal-powered power plant and sell or deactivate its Bay Shore plant by 2020.
An agreement between FERC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could help spur the development of privately run hydropower resources.
A summary of orders related to SPP that FERC approved at its open meeting on July 21, 2016.
Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM Markets & Reliability Committee and Members Committee on 08/04/16.
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