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.
What the RTOs told FERC about how they are working to ensure reliability despite a changing generation mix — and what the commenters think of their plans.
RTO stakeholders presented FERC with a cornucopia of suggestions for dealing with electrification and the increasing penetration of renewables.
FERC granted a waiver to several renewable energy projects that allows their developers to circumvent MISO’s fee distribution.
Acting FERC Chairman Willie Phillips presided over his first open meeting, announcing a roundtable on environmental justice and his key staffers.
Federal judges ordered FERC to explain why state regulators' complaints against Entergy have been pending for up to six years.
FERC conditionally accepted Southern Company's compliance filing on its rate protocols but said more work is needed to make the protocols just and reasonable.
FERC Ok'd New York Power Authority’s transmission rates for the Smart Path Connect transmission project after the utility showed it received state approval.
PG&E's proposal to place most of its generation fleet into a new company and to sell nearly half the firm to investors is taking flak at FERC and the CPUC.
Jimmy, CC BY-SA-2.0, via Wikimedia
FERC on Tuesday approved Public Service Company of Colorado’s request to use the social cost of carbon to help dispatch its generation for the next few months.
CAISO released a draft report on Western regionalization that is intended to revive talks on the ISO becoming a multistate RTO and bolster legislation.
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