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 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals remanded FERC’s approval of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market back to the commission for additional proceedings.
NERC's Finance and Audit Committee approved a plan to fund the interregional transfer study that Congress ordered in June.
NYISO has identified a software issue that potentially constitutes a market problem and says it will confidentially investigate the impact.
NAESB is wrapping up a process to develop recommendations to improve coordination between the natural gas and electric industries, which needs to be improved after it contributed to recent cold weather reliability events.
NYISO defended its call for a 10-kW minimum for DERs participating in aggregations, which regulators and clean energy groups protested in FERC filings.
FERC approved an $11 million fine for BP America that closes an investigation into natural gas price manipulation dating back to Hurricane Ike in 2008.
A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with Hecate Energy that NYISO was charging it unreasonable amounts for interconnection upgrade costs.
FERC accepted NERC's clarification of several elements of the ERO's 2023 budget.
FERC said petitioners' call to overturn its approval of EOP-012-1 was outside the scope of the proceeding.
FERC denied a rehearing request over its February decision approving SPP’s proposed tariff revisions for GridLiance High Plains-owned facilities.
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