Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
ISO-NE submitted its compliance to the commission in May, but FERC has yet to rule on the proposal, throwing a wrench in the RTO's implementation timeline.
FERC largely approved Order 2023 compliance filings for four utilities in the West and Texas, directing them to submit further compliance filings within 60 days.
Three independent SPP board members providing oversight of the RTO’s Markets+ development in the West have called for policy- and decision-makers to allow the process to “follow its natural course.”
Hybrid power plants, especially projects combining solar and storage, represent a growing amount of new generation online and in interconnection queues across the U.S., signaling a shift in how renewable power can be integrated into electric power markets, according to a new report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
FERC has accepted SPP tariff revisions that allow make-whole payments for incremental energy costs affected by incremental energy offer caps under Order 831, regardless of the resource's reason for commitment.
FERC dismissed a complaint the Virginia Municipal Electric Association filed against Dominion Energy’s Virginia Electric Power Co. alleging the utility overcharged its members $2.8 million.
FERC will work with federally recognized tribes on whether it needs to issue a new rulemaking to address the issues they have interconnecting renewable resources to the grid.
FERC issued two NOPRs indicating it will direct NERC to develop new cybersecurity standards.
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied review petitions by several SPP members over FERC's rejection of generators’ rehearing requests seeking compensation under tariff Attachment Z2.
A pair of recent appeals court decisions signal a shift in how the courts view FERC's approvals of natural gas infrastructure and has the commission considering its next steps, Chair Willie Phillips said at a Sept. 19 open meeting.
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