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March 25, 2025

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FERC OKs Incentives on $1B Minn. HVDC Modernization, Debates Procedure
FERC granted rate incentives for the priciest project to come out of MISO’s 2024 Transmission Expansion Plan, setting off friction between commissioners.
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FERC Launches Rulemaking on Thorny Issues Involving Data Center Co-location
FERC voted unanimously to launch a review of data center co-location issues in PJM that will look into whether the RTO’s tariff needs to be revised to ensure grid reliability and fair costs to customers.
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FERC Approves PJM’s One-time Fast-track Interconnection Process
FERC approved a one-time measure by PJM to add up to 50 new projects to a cluster of projects to be studied beginning in April.
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FERC Drops Consideration of GHG Policy Statement for Gas Infrastructure
FERC issued an order terminating its proceeding on the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions in natural gas infrastructure project reviews.
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President Trump Names Mark Christie as FERC Chair
President Donald Trump, who appointed Mark Christie to FERC in 2020 during his first term, has now selected him as the commission's new chair.
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FERC Order 1920-A Wins Approval with Accommodations to States
FERC approved Order 1920-A, addressing rehearing arguments from the previous order by granting states more guarantees that their views on cost allocation would be considered, among other changes.
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Trump’s Victory and its Implications for FERC, Power Markets
Change is coming to FERC after Tuesday's election, but the policies the agency oversees are rarely top of mind during campaigns, so it is unclear how much will be different.
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FERC Rejects Expansion of Co-located Data Center at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant
FERC rejected an amended ISA filed by PJM to allow an existing data center co-located at a Talen Energy nuclear plant to expand, saying it did not meet the commission's standards for changes from its pro forma rules.
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FERC Grills Grid Stakeholders on Reliability
Grid stakeholders joined commissioners in Washington, D.C., for FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference.
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DC Circuit Orders Could Lead FERC to Rethink its Natural Gas Policies
A pair of recent appeals court decisions signal a shift in how the courts view FERC's approvals of natural gas infrastructure and has the commission considering its next steps, Chair Willie Phillips said at a Sept. 19 open meeting.

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