President Biden named Willie Phillips as acting FERC chairman, replacing Richard Glick.

PJM backtracked on posting “indicative” results of the 2024/25 capacity auction in the face of stakeholder opposition.

2022 was a busy year for FERC, with rulemaking proposals and technical conferences covering almost everything over which the commission has jurisdiction.

FERC rejected the sale of American Electric Power’s Kentucky operations to Algonquin Power & Utilities subsidiary Liberty Utilities.

FERC rejected a proposed settlement intended to resolve a longstanding dispute over how to implement Order 1000 in the WestConnect planning region.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated FERC’s licensing of the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in Maryland, ruling in favor of environmental groups.

FERC ordered settlement judge procedures for a 3-year-old dispute between PG&E and the city of San Francisco and over the provision of distribution service.

FERC granted a cryptocurrency mining company approval to buy a 60-MW gas-fired power plant near Buffalo, N.Y., where it has been running some of its operations.

FERC approved Arizona Public Service’s proposal to use the flowgate methodology to calculate available transfer capability (ATC) within its transmission system.

FERC upheld its prior ruling blocking MISO transmission owners from electing to self-fund network upgrades needed for merchant HVDC lines.