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.
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.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Commerce Department and the Interior Department.
The Supreme Court's liberal wing indicated support Wednesday for FERC’s jurisdiction over demand response, but the commission faced harsh questions from conservative Antonin Scalia and swing vote Anthony Kennedy.
Nearly five months after Commissioner Philip Moeller announced he was leaving FERC, President Obama has yet to announce a replacement.
MISO, Big Rivers Electric Corp. and Century Aluminum have reached a settlement over the disputed system support resource agreement for Big Rivers’ Coleman plant in Hawesville, Ky.
FERC granted renewable energy resources an exemption from buyer-side mitigation rules in New York's installed capacity market.
FERC scheduled a technical conference for Nov. 12 to examine how PJM determines whether solutions to local transmission needs should be part of the regional transmission plan.
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