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 denied multiple requests for rehearing and clarification of its 2014 order that conditionally approved the core Integrated System entities’ SPP membership.
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will rule on two federal-state jurisdictional cases pitting New Jersey and Maryland regulators against FERC.
FERC denied Champion Energy Marketing’s request for a $3.1 million refund in PJM uplift charges related to the polar vortex of January 2014.
FERC issued a final rule to clarify and streamline its market-based rate program, the first major update to the policy since codifying it in Order 697 in 2007.
FERC declined to rehear a 2013 order approving PJM's revisions to a rule designed to mitigate buyer-side market power in the capacity market.
FERC issued two orders reaffirming earlier rulings on MISO’s disputed system support resource agreement with Illinois Power’s Edwards Unit 1 generator in Peoria, Ill.
Former EPA official Jeff Holmstead says he’s very confident that the agency’s new carbon emission rule, the Clean Power Plan, will not live long enough to be implemented.
FERC ruled for the third time that an allegation of “price suppression” was outside of the scope of its review of the proposed RSSA for the R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant.
Rival Artificial Island developers sparred over the enforceability of cost caps at a panel discussion on Order 1000 implementation at last week’s Organization of PJM States Inc. annual meeting.
NSTAR Electric had challenged the sale of five power plants in the Boston area worth about 2,654 MW from various entities to Constellation for $1.1 billion.
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