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.
PJM has asked FERC to untangle the question of how profits from trades that are determined to be illegal get calculated and refunded.
New England power generators asked a federal appeals court to overturn FERC orders that accepted ISO-NE’s change to a sloped demand curve in advance of this year’s Forward Capacity Auction.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy.
Stakeholders from MISO and SPP they are developing the framework for an interstate trading platform to comply with the EPA Clean Power Plan.
A split FERC granted ITC Midwest’s request for an incentive adder but cut the bonus in half, prompting a dissent from Commissioners Moeller and Clark.
FERC on Tuesday rejected as "premature" PJM’s contingency plan for including demand response in its capacity auctions in the event an appellate court ruling limiting FERC’s jurisdiction over DR is allowed to stand.
FERC on Tuesday asked PJM for more information on its controversial Capacity Performance plan, threatening hopes to begin phasing in the new standards in May’s Base Residual Auction.
The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards at issue before the Supreme Court are the result of a quarter century of legislation, regulation and litigation.
Opponents of the Constitution Pipeline made good on a promise Friday to go to court to force a rehearing of FERC’s approval of the project.
Multiple stakeholders have requested rehearing of FERC's order that MISO could no longer allocate broadly the SSR costs of keeping Presque Isle open.
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