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.
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Responding to February’s devastating winter storm, Texas regulators consider ways to add ties to neighboring grids without triggering FERC oversight.
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FERC approved NERC's proposed cold weather reliability standards in an order that recognized more standards would likely be necessary in the future.
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A joint inquiry on the devastating effects of Winter Storm Uri will “clearly” call for “reforms in multiple areas,” NERC CEO Jim Robb said.
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FERC accepted NERC's latest compliance filing, which updates the organization's rules while clarifying its relationship with the E-ISAC.
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Participants in a Friday press briefing warned that the current enthusiasm for addressing extreme weather and cybersecurity could be hard to sustain.
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President Biden announced a cybersecurity initiative for U.S. critical infrastructure, building on one launched in April for the electric sector.
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FERC Chair Richard Glick bobbed and weaved his way through a House oversight hearing as Republicans attempted to pin him to positions on natural gas.
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“Public purpose” microgrids are struggling because of high costs and the lack of a widely accepted resilience metric, speakers told NARUC.
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Major transmission construction will help the grid tolerate increasingly severe weather, panelists said at a recent ACORE webinar.
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NARUC and NRRI introduced a document intended to help regulatory commissioners get up to speed on pressing topics related to resource adequacy.
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