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.
President Trump signed an executive order directing the EPA to begin the lengthy process of undoing its Clean Power Plan.
Some RTOs are not using the vast amount of data they collect as well as they could, speakers said at the RTO Insider/SAS ISO Summit at SAS headquarters.
Dozens of RTO and ISO officials journeyed to SAS’ snow-free campus in NC last week for the ISO Summit and discussions on data and technology challenges.
Distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar and home batteries are forcing RTOs to rethink how they aggregate and process data.
Former FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said zero-emission credits (ZECs) may be rejected because of their impact on wholesale market prices.
The ISO/RTO Council's report concludes the grid depends on adding renewables, the accuracy of data and coordinating DER at the grid-operator level.
PJM CEO Andy Ott and SPP CEO Nick Brown said that FERC Order 1000 is causing headaches while doing little to encourage transmission development.
Companies in the RTO Insider Top 30 reported revenues of more than $75 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, a 7% increase over a year earlier.
Electric infrastructure projects are often stymied by federal regulatory reviews that seem to drag on forever, witnesses told a U.S. Senate committee.
In this week's Resistance, Steve Huntoon criticizes a recent study that concluded microgrids would save military bases money.
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