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.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld FERC’s 2017 ruling denying Baltimore Gas and Electric’s bid to recover $38M in taxes deferred over a decade.
Moody’s Analytics expects U.S. GDP to drop by 2.3% for 2020 as a result of the “sudden stop” in the economy because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Texas' PUC won extra time to respond to NextEra’s efforts to void a law giving incumbent companies the right of first refusal to build transmission lines.
FERC rejected rehearing requests over the commission’s November 2017 order approving PJM’s tougher requirements for pseudo-tied generators.
FERC accepted Tri-State's petition that recognizes the cooperative became jurisdictional to the commission when it added its first non-utility member.
FERC accepted changes to the New England Transmission Owners’ interconnection study rules but ordered changes to the interconnection agreement.
FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee said the agency is relaxing some filing deadlines and deferring enforcement activities in response to the pandemic.
PG&E won approval for its bankruptcy exit plan, after Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped his objection in the face of the pandemic-caused stock market meltdown.
FERC said it won’t rehear a case on whether Pacific Gas and Electric deserves a $30 million annual incentive adder for staying in CAISO.
The PJM System Operations Subcommittee will hold conference calls to discuss how the coronavirus is impacting generation and transmission operators.
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