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.
Developers of certain hydroelectric projects can feasibly get federal approval within two years under current regulations, FERC staff said in a report.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 20-3 to advance Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson, President Trump’s nominees for FERC.
MISO is asking FERC to schedule a technical conference to clarify the rules governing the implementation and use of pseudo-ties.
President Trump followed through on his campaign pledge to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord on climate change
Policies, market forces and technology will continue the decarbonization of the electric industry regardless of the fate of EPA’s Clean Power Plan.
PURPA is outdated and in need of reforms to reflect the current markets, critics said during the annual Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners.
FERC nominees Robert Powelson and Neil Chatterjee sailed smoothly through a mostly uneventful Senate confirmation hearing.
A panel for the D.C. Circuit reversed a decision by FERC that prevented a generating plant from recouping funds from the Bonneville Power Administration.
More than two-thirds of companies in the RTO Insider Top 30 posted year-over-year revenue and net income increases in the first quarter.
Research reinforced earlier projections that MISO’s market platform will become obsolete in five to seven years, executives told members of the Board.
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