February 23, 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. 

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DOE Planning up to $70M in Energy Resilience Investments
The Department of Energy is seeking recipients for up to $70 million of investments into energy resilience.
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FERC Black Start Report Pushes Gas-electric Coordination
A report by FERC, NERC and Texas RE focused on the risk of natural gas disruptions to utilities' black-start restoration plans.
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FERC’s CIP Report Finds Fewer Issues Again
FERC's latest Critical Infrastructure Protection audits produced only four recommendations, the fewest of any year since the program's inception in 2016.
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FERC Approves NERC Standards Process Changes
FERC approved new rules intended to streamline NERC's reliability standard development process.
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CISA Releases AI Security Guidelines
The rapid spread of AI software prompted CISA and other global cybersecurity agencies to create new guidelines for safe development of machine learning tools.
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FERC Optimistic About Energy Markets This Winter
Higher-than-average temperatures in the U.S. could reduce electricity and natural gas demand and help prevent shortfalls this winter, FERC staff said in the commission's Winter Energy Market and Electric Reliability Assessment.
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FERC-NERC Elliott Report Calls Winter Outages ‘Unacceptable’
In their final report on Winter Storm Elliott, FERC and NERC said congressional action on natural gas reliability is needed.
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FERC Orders Reliability Rules for Inverter-Based Resources
FERC issued a final rule Thursday directing NERC to develop standards to improve the reliability of inverter-based resources.  
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Market Monitors Endorse Call for Gas Reliability Organization
Market monitors from all six FERC-jurisdictional ISO/RTOs endorsed calls for a NERC-like gas reliability organization.
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EBA Participants See Some Consensus in Gas-electric Harmonization Talks
The Energy Bar Association's Mid-Year Forum illustrated greater collaboration between than the electric and natural gas industries than normal.

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