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.
Six Exelon utilities have agreed to pay ReliabilityFirst $1.8 million for violating NERC's reliability standards.
Evergy
FERC affirmed Evergy’s status as an affiliate of Bluescape Energy Partners, rebuffing rehearing requests from the Kansas City utility and the Edison Electric Institute.
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Current or former FERC commissioners shared their views on the future of RTOs and the relationship between state and federal regulators.
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The state's Board of Public Utilities approved an additional expenses for the state’s $1.07 billion transmission project to connect offshore wind farms to the grid.
NYISO
FERC issued an order accepting NYISO's proposed tariff revisions to CRIS rights, which will make them easier for deactivated facilities to to adjust.
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FERC issued Order 898, its final rule updating its Uniform System of Accounts.
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
FERC rejected four separate rehearing requests related to SPP’s revenue credits under Attachment Z of its tariff.
SPP
FERC accepted SPP tariff revisions that clarify its interconnection customers’ financial security refund.
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FERC OK'd Mountain Valley Pipeline’s request to complete construction, acting following Congress' authorization of the project in the recent debt-ceiling deal.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Vistra Energy's deal to buy Energy Harbor ran into opposition at FERC, where parties argued it would harm Ohio's retail market and further concentrate PJM's wholesale market.
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