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 Market Implementation Committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two proposals for lowering the risk of FTR revenue shortfalls.
The two proposals ...
NERC’s delayed and muted response to the sabotage of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. substation April 16 has some electric industry officials concerned.
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(May 3, 2013) — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday handed PJM a split decision on disputed changes to its Minimum Offer Price Rule (MOPR), al...
PJM set the following net-short thresholds by customer type:
150 MW for a single-customer LSE;
1,000 MW for a public power entity;
1,800 MW for a multi-s...
MRC approved revisions to the confidentiality provisions of its tariff to comply with FERC Order 771, requiring provision of e-Tag data to Independent Syste...
PJM yesterday announced the first transmission project open to non-utility transmission developers under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 100...
PJM said Thursday it is pressing on with an inquiry into demand response providers’ ability to fulfill their commitments, despite resistance from members.
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PJM Thursday postponed a vote on changes needed to comply with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission order exempting most PJM market participants from CFT...
WILMINGTON (April 25, 2013) – PJM announced today it is negotiating a new contract with its independent market monitor, Monitoring Analytics LLC, dropping p...
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) issued $9.2 million in fines for violations of its cybersecurity rules between 2008 and October 2012, ha...
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