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.
A meeting among the New England congressional delegation, ISO-NE and FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur ended the way that it started: with LaFleur and the RTO defending rising capacity prices and the delegation unhappy.
The NYPSC says the FERC’s recent order on reliability-must-run agreements “interferes” with state authority as it tries to address generation shortages in the state.
AEP and FirstEnergy's plans to shut down coal-fired generation under the EPA’s MATS won't change even if the Supreme Court throws out the standards.
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.
The Supreme Court’s ideological divide was on display Wednesday as justices sparred with attorneys over whether the EPA should have considered costs before deciding whether to regulate mercury and other pollutants from power plants.
FERC rejected Dominion Virginia Power’s request to push back the effective date for a rate revision by more than year, a change that would have cost transmission customers $11.1 million.
FERC said last week that SPP must engage in interregional coordination and cost allocation with SERTP, rejecting the RTO’s request for a limited waiver of Order 1000 requirements.
About 500 organizations will be relieved of some grid reliability regulations and another 200 exempted entirely under a new NERC method for classifying entities under its jurisdiction.
This week's federal briefs cover FERC, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Congress.
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