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September 10, 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. 
Powelson: ‘Erosion of Confidence’ in Stakeholder Process
FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson said that he sees an “erosion of confidence” in RTO stakeholder processes.
SCE&G
FERC Accepts Southeast Transmission Import Limits
FERC approved simultaneous transmission import limits for several balancing authority areas in the Southeast, stretching from Kentucky to Florida.
AES
MISO Storage Group Begins Order 845 Consideration
MISO’s Energy Storage Task Force will now add to its to-do list storage-related aspects of the recently issued FERC Order 845.
Baker’s Carbon Dividends Plan Reaches Across Aisle
James Baker, an eminent Republican official who served in the Reagan and first Bush administrations, explained his proposed carbon tax at the GCPA spring conference.
© RTO Insider
Resilience, Storms, Survival are Topics at New Mexico Forum
The severity of the 2017 hurricane season was a major topic at New Mexico State University’s annual Current Issues Conference this year.
Ready to Act on DERs, FERC Tells Congress
FERC told Congress it is ready to act on distributed energy resources (DER), assuring House members they will not encroach on state jurisdiction.
FERC Orders RTOs to Shine Light on Uplift Data
FERC ordered RTOs and ISOs to submit monthly reports detailing their uplift payments and operator-initiated commitments.
Western Regulators Get Schooled in RTO Legal 101
The West’s utility regulators took a crash course on the legal implications of their utilities joining organized electric markets (RTOs)at the spring 2018 joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting.
© RTO Insider
Gas Dominates, Again, in FERC State of the Markets Report
As they have in the past four years, the trends in natural gas dominated the discussion of FERC’s annual State of the Markets report.
FERC Finalizes Cyber Controls on Portable Devices
FERC approved rules to prevent malware from infecting “low impact” computer systems through devices such as laptops and thumb drives.

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