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April 2, 2026

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.
MIC OKs Options to Reduce FTR Shortfalls
The Market Implementation Committee gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two proposals for lowering the risk of FTR revenue shortfalls. The two proposals ...
Substation Sabotage Raises Concerns over NERC Alerts
NERC’s delayed and muted response to the sabotage of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. substation April 16 has some electric industry officials concerned. On...
FERC OKs PJM MOPR Exemptions; Rejects End to Unit-Specific Review
(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...
Thresholds for Self-Supply Resources Eligible for Exemption
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...
E-Tag Privacy Rules OK’d
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 Seeks Proposals on NJ Transmission Project
PJM yesterday announced the first transmission project open to non-utility transmission developers under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 100...
DR Inquiry to Proceed Despite MRC Rebuff
PJM said Thursday it is pressing on with an inquiry into demand response providers’ ability to fulfill their commitments, despite resistance from members. P...
PJM Delays Action on CFTC Order
PJM Thursday postponed a vote on changes needed to comply with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission order exempting most PJM market participants from CFT...
PJM Working on New Deal with Monitor
WILMINGTON  (April 25, 2013) – PJM announced today it is negotiating a new contract with its independent market monitor, Monitoring Analytics LLC, dropping p...
Electric Industry Leads U.S. in Cybersecurity Protections
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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