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April 6, 2025

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. 
TVA
TVA Board Promotes Nuclear Veteran from COO to CEO
The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors announced it will elevate COO Don Moul to become the fourth CEO of TVA.
Heitman
Judge Issues Restraining Order on Trump Admin over Funding Pause
D.C. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan issued a temporary restraining order on OMB from pausing all federal grants and loans.
C-SPAN
Trump to Declare ‘National Energy Emergency’ to Ramp up Oil, Gas Production
Minutes after he was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signaled his intention to rapidly increase production of oil and gas.
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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 Seeks Nearly $1B in Penalties from EE Provider in MISO, PJM
FERC has ordered American Efficient to defend its energy efficiency programs in PJM and MISO or pay a $722 million penalty and return $253 million in profits to ratepayers.
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Stakeholders Push for More Interconnection Rule Changes at FERC
Stakeholders are split on whether FERC should adopt additional changes to its generator interconnection rules, or focus on implementing Order 2023 while letting specific regions go further on their own, according to comments filed after a September technical conference.
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FERC-State Collaborative Holds 1st Meeting on Gas-electric Coordination
FERC and a group of regulators from 10 states began discussing gas-electric coordination at the first meeting of the new Federal-State Current Issues Collaborative.
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Chatterjee Post Leads to Worries About FERC’s Independence, Staff Exodus
With President-elect Donald Trump promising to "dismantle the deep state," former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee's social media post offering "insight on who to keep and who to remove" led to worries about the continued independence of the agency.
SEEM
SEEM Opponents Push Back on Supporters’ Claims
SEEM's opponents argued that FERC should recognize the market as a loose power pool and regulate it accordingly.
SEEM
SEEM Members Respond to FERC Briefing Request
Members of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market argued to FERC that the market is beneficial to customers and should be allowed to continue.

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