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.
Ameren Missouri
FERC OK'd a settlement to reduce payments to a Missouri coal plant under its system support resource agreement with MISO.
Cypress Creek Renewables
NYISO submitted a motion to intervene on Oxbow Hill Solar’s request to FERC for a waiver concerning interconnection procedures, saying the request could have implications for the broader market.
Shutterstock
The American Clean Power Association filed a petition at FERC asking the commission to take a universal look at capacity accreditation of different generation technologies.
Invenergy
Stakeholders remain frustrated with MISO’s plan to enact a marginal capacity accreditation as staff insist that the approach will measure the true value of capacity.
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State regulators of MISO South are withholding support for MISO’s plan to implement a sloped demand curve in its capacity auctions based on a proposed option for states to shield themselves from the effects.
Big River Steel
FERC has approved a $21 million settlement over an Arkansas steel mill’s yearslong failure to reduce load as a registered demand response resource in MISO.
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Facing mounting deadlines, NERC's Standards Committee agreed to shorten industry comment periods on two projects.
CAISO
CAISO asked FERC to approve the rules for its EDAM and revisions to its existing day-ahead market, intended to more accurately forecast load.
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Work is underway on the Interregional Transfer Capability Study that Congress assigned to NERC earlier this year.
NorthWestern Energy
FERC granted in part, and dismissed in part, Ponderosa Power’s complaint against NorthWestern’s proposal to assign roughly $30 million in network upgrade costs to the wind farm developer.
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