September 29, 2024

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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Phillips Presides over 1st FERC Meeting as Chair
Acting FERC Chairman Willie Phillips presided over his first open meeting, announcing a roundtable on environmental justice and his key staffers.
Entergy
Fifth Circuit Demands an Explanation from FERC on Long-Pending Grand Gulf Complaints
Federal judges ordered FERC to explain why state regulators' complaints against Entergy have been pending for up to six years.
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FERC Orders Further Southern Tariff Revisions
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.
National Grid
FERC Approves NYPA Cost Recovery for Smart Path Project
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.
EKM Metering
Parties Protest PG&E Plan to Spin off Generation
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 Approves PSCo’s Temporary CO2 Price
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.
Utah Office of Energy Development and S&P Global Market Intelligence
CAISO Issues Report on Western Regionalization Studies
CAISO released a draft report on Western regionalization that is intended to revive talks on the ISO becoming a multistate RTO and bolster legislation.
Alexander MacKay and Ignacia Mercadal
A ‘Deregulation’ Debate by the Numbers
A recent New York Times article rekindled the debate over RTO markets and electric deregulation and a Harvard study released last month provides new ammunition.
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FERC Approves Pipeline Expansion Despite New Jersey’s Worries
FERC approved an expansion of a major pipeline to serve the East Coast despite doubts about its need by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
The White House
CEQ Raises Bar on GHG Analysis in NEPA Reviews
The White House Council on Environmental Quality released updated guidelines for federal agencies performing environmental reviews.

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