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.
Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a 10-year extension of the ITC for solar and storage, a new Grid Deployment Authority at DOE.
FERC accepted NYISO’s co-located storage model to pair batteries with wind or solar at a shared point of injection.
Sponsors of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market told FERC it should OK the proposal as is, saying critics’ objections are flawed or irrelevant.
Commissioner says FERC hasn't done enough to help the public understand how to intervene in energy infrastructure project proceedings.
The Biden administration will open a new area off Long Island to offshore wind development and set a goal of 30 GW by 2030.
U.S. Senate
Policymakers discussed the US' potential for advanced nuclear power at a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Nuclear energy is not only one component but “key” to the world’s carbon-free future, Nuclear Energy Institute CEO Maria Korsnick said.
PJM’s minimum offer price rule is living on borrowed time if the comments at FERC’s technical conference on capacity markets are any guide.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee considered the LIFT Act, which would allocate $312 billion for building and upgrading electric infrastructure.
Landowners told FERC that they doubted its new Office of Public Participation would improve the commission’s decision-making on natural gas infrastructure.
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