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.
FERC rejected the city of Osceola’s demand that Entergy Arkansas provide refunds for unlawful bandwidth equalization payments.
Reversing a prior decision, FERC ruled that PJM transmission owners should pay all of the cost of projects that solely address a TO’s local planning criteria.
FERC won’t be revisiting the demand response compensation rules under Order 745, commissioners said at the NARUC winter meetings.
FERC's general counsel said that there are “significant benefits” to allowing challenges to rates that take effect as a result of a commission deadlock.
A visual inspection by an NRC inspector found no active leakage of radioactive water at the Indian Point plant.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Energy Department, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, EIA and the PennEast Pipeline.
PJM and the Independent Market Monitor asked FERC to revise Capacity Performance rules to address concerns that generators might ignore dispatch instructions to avoid penalties.
The Supreme Court's stay of the Clean Power Plan won’t affect PJM's planned analysis of the economic and reliability implications of complying with the federal program.
A summary of responses by RTOs and state officials to the Supreme Court's stay to the Clean Power Plan.
The court’s surprise stay of the Clean Power plan prevents EPA from enforcing the rule pending the outcome of court challenges, meaning states will most likely not have to file compliance plans or extension requests by September, as the rule requires.
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