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 last week approved bylaw changes allowing SPP to add up to three seats to the RTO’s Board of Directors.
The NYPSC approved a temporary surcharge while a final agreement to keep the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant operating is hammered out.
ISO-NE and the NEPOOL Participants Committee want to begin using the RTO’s system-wide sloped demand curve in their Annual Reconfiguration Auctions.
Attorneys general from 15 states asked a federal court in D.C. to block the Clean Power Plan.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Energy Department.
Clean energy technologies like wind power are seen as beneficiaries of the Clean Power Plan.
State and RTO officials have had two weeks to digest EPA's final Clean Power Plan and the battle lines — and paths to compliance — are developing.
PJM's Market Monitor has called on FERC to settle a dispute between PJM and a transmission developer, saying the RTO’s unwillingness to release relevant files is unfair.
EPA's final Clean Power Plan provoked outrage from coal interests, praise from environmentalists and cautious optimism from regulators and grid operators.
Dynegy told FERC it should reject complaints over its bidding in MISO’s capacity auction last April, saying the challenges suffer from a “fatal” procedural flaw.
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