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 declined to rehear its February order approving a NYISO proposal to apply buyer-side mitigation to energy storage resources.
FERC approved most of PJM’s compliance filing on its expanded MOPR while reversing its position on state-directed default service auctions.
Offshore wind advocates said they are confident the industry will retain its bipartisan support regardless of the results of the U.S. elections.
Xcel’s Public Service Company of Colorado is not obligated to provide Holy Cross Electric with priority firm transmission service, FERC ruled.
FERC invited states to introduce carbon pricing in wholesale markets but said it had no authority to initiate such programs itself.
The U.S. energy industry is still wrestling with the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the world nearly nine months ago.
FERC approved LS Power’s acquisition of two generating facilities in PJM, rejecting the Independent Market Monitor’s request for behavioral mitigation.
An appeals court vacated FERC orders that threatened to force a jurisdictional standoff with the judge overseeing PG&E’s bankruptcy.
A request to waive an SPP Tariff requirement prompted a philosophical dispute between FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee and Commissioner James Danly.
Most panelists urged FERC to support state and RTO efforts to introduce carbon pricing during a daylong technical conference.
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