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.
Bowring’s allegations at a FERC technical conference in 2007 that PJM attempted to muzzle his internal market monitoring unit shook the RTO to its roots.
The record shows that until the last 18 months, the SPP Market Monitoring Unit generally filed only testimony packaged with RTO filings.
FERC called a technical conference to mark the 10 years since Congress gave the commission the power to impose mandatory grid reliability standards.
PJM members approved a task force seasonal capacity charter to study how resources could be incorporated into Capacity Performance.
NERC released a short-term special assessment that highlighted the reliability risks created by increased dependence on natural gas
Iberdrola struck back at a FERC judge’s ruling on their energy crisis supply contract that could subject the company to more than $370 million in penalties.
The independence concerns raised by former SPP market monitors resulted in part from FERC’s compromises in Order 719.
A summary of measures approved and issues discussed by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on May 26, 2016.
MISO presented a plan to address FERC’s order (a response to a NIPSCO complaint) in an ongoing dispute over its seam with PJM.
Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) has upped the ante in the Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) bid to disconnect from SPP and join ERCOT in 2019.
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