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 Senate Tuesday night confirmed Colette Honorable, President Obama’s pick to serve on FERC, unanimously by simple voice vote.
PJM stakeholders agreed to review modeling practices that may be shortchanging loads with transmission agreements that pre-date the RTO's capacity market.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the EIA, the NRC and the Energy Department.
FERC will hold four technical conferences next year to discuss the effects of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan on reliability and wholesale electricity markets.
PJM filed its Capacity Performance proposal with FERC, a 1,275-page capacity market overhaul that it hopes will prevent a repeat of last winter.
Colette Honorable, President Obama's latest nominee for FERC, appeared headed toward Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approval last week.
FERC ordered NYISO to begin a stakeholder proceeding to resolve a dispute over the installed capacity market on Long Island, which was excluded from a previous attempt to address transmission congestion in the areas around New York City.
Stakeholders called on FERC to reject a request by MISO transmission owners for a 50-basis-point adder as an incentive for their participation in the RTO.
News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week, we highlight the Energy Department, the Interior Department, NERC and the NRC.
FERC approved a revised JOA between PJM and Duke Energy Progress despite protests from the RTO’s IMM that it gives Duke favored treatment on interchange pricing.
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