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.
PUCO staff has proposed a new rider for FirstEnergy in order to maintain the company’s investment-grade credit rating.
Nearly every participant at a FERC technical conference on Order 1000 urged the commission to improve transparency in planners’ decision-making processes.
PURPA’s supporters and critics sounded off at a FERC technical conference exploring the ongoing challenges of implementing the law.
MISO and its IMM reached a compromise on a capacity auction design, but the RTO is also keeping its original proposal on the table.
A former lawyer, Martha Peine, spent years disputing AEP (NYSE:AEP) rate filings at FERC all by herself and won a $4.2 million refund for ratepayers.
FERC issued orders granting rehearing to allow it more than 30 days to reconsider complaints that PJM’s use of DFAX is inappropriate for two projects.
FERC said SPP improperly clawed back overpayments last year based on its reinterpretation of its bylaws before the rules were officially changed.
PSEG and NextEra petitioned FERC to block New England states’ efforts to have electric ratepayers underwrite the cost of expanded natural gas pipelines.
Groups opposing FirstEnergy's plan to win subsidies from Ohio regulators asked FERC to again intervene in the dispute.
The Delaware House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution aimed at blocking a proposed stability fix for Artificial Island.
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