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.
National Fuel Gas
FERC will open a 60-day comment period on potential changes to its policy statement on the permitting of natural gas pipelines.
FERC approved PJM’s proposed rules for implementing restrictions imposed on energy efficiency resources by state or local regulators.
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Congress will be watching FERC’s review of its policy on licensing natural gas pipelines very closely. Any changes FERC makes are unlikely to please all members, however.
Xcel Energy
The U.S. Justice Department said that a Minnesota law granting in-state transmission owners rights of first refusal on grid additions is unconstitutional.
DC-Circuit
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals questioned FERC over its approval of ISO-NE’s renewable exemption from the MOPR.
Rocky Mountain Institute founder Amory Lovins told the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit that electric intensity could fall even more dramatically in the future.
Solar industry officials expressed confidence that the sector will continue to grow despite the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported solar cells and modules.
Hundreds of investors, utility executives and others gathered for Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Future of Energy Summit.
Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Maria Korsnick expressed support for FirstEnergy’s request that the Department of Energy declare an emergency in PJM.
Invenergy
Grid operators and regulators hashed out the complexities of integrating distributed energy resources (DER) during a FERC technical conference on boosting the role of energy storage.
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