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.
Senior EPA officials promised FERC and NARUC that the final Clean Power Plan the agency issues this summer will protect reliability and not crush consumers.
FERC once again dashed the hopes of the New England congressional delegation seeking to challenge the results of last year’s ISO-NE capacity auction.
EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan was the subject of several panels at last week’s NARUC Winter Meeting in Washington. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy also talked about the plan in remarks to hundreds of attendees during NARUC’s general session Tuesday.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the Energy Department, the NRC and BOEM.
Generators would be permitted to sell frequency response services at market-based rates under a rule proposed by FERC last week.
FERC’s protection of information on the vulnerability of the nation’s electrical grid is “severely lacking,” the DOE Inspector General warned in a report.
Powhatan Energy Fund, already embroiled in a battle with FERC’s Office of Enforcement, have now taken on PJM.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the NRC, the Energy Department and the EPA.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the NRC, the Energy Department and the EIA.
FERC issued a deficiency letter last week asking PJM to justify its proposal for reserve pricing in emergencies.
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