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's NOPR on transmission planning and cost allocation is based on false premises and undermines the agency's credibility, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
FERC accepted CAISO's Order 2222 compliance filing but told it to submit revisions to its participation model for distributed energy resource aggregations.
ERCOT asked the Texas Supreme Court to find that it is entitled to immunity as a governmental agency and reject a five-year-old lawsuit by a power developer.
FERC Chairman Richard Glick categorically denied taking directives or feedback from Biden administration officials on commission actions.
NYISO’s Management Committee received an update from FERC on the commission’s recent areas of interest.
FERC proposed new rules it said would clear clogged interconnection queues and provide more certainty on upgrade costs while encouraging new technologies.
PJM's stakeholders discussed reserve requirements, a new committee on interconnection processes, DOE's Transmission Facilitation Program and OSW transmission.
LS Power seeks a measured phaseout of natural gas generation, saying an immediate switch to carbon-free sources will cause chaos and undermine climate efforts.
Stakeholder groups, including state regulators, protested MISO’s FERC Order 2222 compliance filing, many indignant over the request to delay implementation.
Responding to pleas from solar developers, President Biden ordered a two-year tariff waiver on PV components from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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