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April 12, 2025

FERC & Federal

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent regulatory agency that oversees the transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil in interstate commerce, as well as regulating hydroelectric dams and natural gas facilities. 
Talen Energy
FERC Sustains Order Rejecting Expanded Susquehanna Co-located Load Arrangement
The rehearing order was approved on the same lines as the original rejection, with Commissioners Mark Christie and Lindsay See in support and Willie Phillips dissenting.
ERCOT
Texas Groups Ask FERC to Reject Puerto Rican Company Petition for Regulation
ERCOT, Oncor and the Texas PUC asked FERC to deny a petition from Puerto Rican company Pluvia to bring the territory under the commission’s jurisdiction.
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Trump Seeks to Keep Coal Plants Open, Attacks State Climate Policies
President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders that seek to keep existing coal-fired power plants running, ease regulations and permitting for coal mining, and remove “unlawful and burdensome” state laws that impede the industry. 
Entergy Texas
MISO Fast Lane Proposal Disadvantages IPPs, Retail Choice States, Critics Tell FERC
MISO’s proposal to use a temporary “fast lane” in its interconnection queue to speed up necessary resource additions would give utility-owned generation preferential treatment, according to protesters’ comments filed with FERC.
Heitman
Judge Issues Restraining Order on Trump Admin over Funding Pause
D.C. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order on OMB from pausing all federal grants and loans.
C-SPAN
Trump to Declare ‘National Energy Emergency’ to Ramp up Oil, Gas Production
Minutes after he was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signaled his intention to rapidly increase production of oil and gas.
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President Trump Names Mark Christie as FERC Chair
President Donald Trump, who appointed Mark Christie to FERC in 2020 during his first term, has now selected him as the commission's new chair.
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FERC Seeks Nearly $1B in Penalties from EE Provider in MISO, PJM
FERC has ordered American Efficient to defend its energy efficiency programs in PJM and MISO or pay a $722 million penalty and return $253 million in profits to ratepayers.
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Stakeholders Push for More Interconnection Rule Changes at FERC
Stakeholders are split on whether FERC should adopt additional changes to its generator interconnection rules, or focus on implementing Order 2023 while letting specific regions go further on their own, according to comments filed after a September technical conference.
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FERC-State Collaborative Holds 1st Meeting on Gas-electric Coordination
FERC and a group of regulators from 10 states began discussing gas-electric coordination at the first meeting of the new Federal-State Current Issues Collaborative.

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