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September 9, 2024

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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FERC Proposes Market Screen Exemptions
FERC proposed to exempt market participants in ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO and PJM from its indicative horizontal market power screens.
GAO Analysis of Transportation Security Administration
GAO Critical of TSA Pipeline Security Efforts
TSA oversight of natural gas pipeline security is hampered by staffing constraints and vague criteria for identifying critical facilities, GAO reported.
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Chatterjee Pressed on McNamee Resilience Recusal
Bernard McNamee was greeted at FERC's open meeting by protests and questions of whether he would recuse himself from dockets on grid resilience.
NERC
NERC Offers Upbeat Long-term Assessment
NERC offered an upbeat report on the long-term health of the nation’s grid, celebrating results from its interconnection-wide frequency response studies.
Gulf Power
FERC Approves NextEra’s Gulf Power Acquisition
FERC conditionally approved NextEra Energy’s acquisition of Florida utility Gulf Power as being "consistent with the public interest."
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BPA Stays on Track to Join Western EIM
The Bonneville Power Administration continued its series of discussions with stakeholders about joining CAISO’s Western Energy Imbalance Market.
NERC
NERC Releases ‘Stress Test’ Analysis of Gen Retirements
NERC warned that faster than expected coal and nuclear power plant retirements could jeopardize reliability if grid operators are not prepared.
Enviros Seek McNamee Recusal in Resilience Dockets
Environmentals asked FERC Commissioner Bernard McNamee to recuse himself from the commission’s resilience dockets because of his advocacy for coal and nuclear plants during his time at the Department of Energy.
BOEM
Mass. Offshore Lease Auction Nets Record $405 Million
Offshore wind in the U.S. hit a new milestone when the eighth BOEM lease auction brought in $405 million for three sites off the Massachusetts coast.
NRG Energy
FERC Clears Cleco to Buy NRG Generation in South
FERC approved Cleco’s $1 billion acquisition of eight NRG Energy generation assets in MISO South along with the plants' wholesale contracts.

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