FERC issued a flurry of orders delegating authority and waiving requirements in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

FERC ruled two merchant transmission operators in New Jersey are liable for cost allocations under PJM’s RTEP despite converting from firm to non-firm.

James Danly was sworn in as a FERC commissioner, officially beginning a term to end in 2023 and giving Republicans a 3-1 advantage on the commission.

FERC conditionally approved J.P. Morgan’s $4.3 billion purchase of El Paso Electric, directing the companies to file a mitigation plan.

The wind and solar industries were disappointed that Congress’ $2 trillion stimulus bill did not include extensions of production and investment tax credits.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC’s 2017 ruling denying Baltimore Gas and Electric’s bid to recover $38M in taxes deferred over a decade.

Moody’s Analytics expects U.S. GDP to drop by 2.3% for 2020 as a result of the “sudden stop” in the economy because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Texas' PUC won extra time to respond to NextEra’s efforts to void a law giving incumbent companies the right of first refusal to build transmission lines.

FERC rejected rehearing requests over the commission’s November 2017 order approving PJM’s tougher requirements for pseudo-tied generators.

FERC accepted Tri-State's petition that recognizes the cooperative became jurisdictional to the commission when it added its first non-utility member.