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.
FERC approved a package of modifications developed by CAISO for the EIM, and issued several other decisions related to Western states and energy markets.
FERC authorized an ITC Holdings subsidiary to purchase transmission assets from the city of Holland, Mich.
New generators seeking interconnections must be equipped to provide primary frequency response, FERC ruled.
FERC ordered RTOs and ISOs to revise their tariffs to allow energy storage resources full access to their markets.
A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a series of FERC orders that allowed new MISO generators to self-fund network transmission upgrades.
Regulators from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana competed to heap scorn on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s bid to boost coal and nuclear plants.
The chairman of NERC’s Board of Trustees said the organization hopes to have a new CEO in place by the summer.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the Kansas Corporation Commission’s appeal of a 2015 FERC ruling over formula rates.
The Edison Electric Institute celebrated the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act at its annual briefing to Wall Street analysts.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that FERC failed to adequately explain why it approved capacity market rules for ISO-NE.
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