Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas and oil; reviews proposals to build LNG terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines; and licenses hydropower projects. FERC also oversees operations of regional wholesale electricity and natural gas markets and oversees the reliability of the bulk electric system.
Industrial Power Services
FERC Fines Dynegy $569K for Misleading Ramp Rates in PJM
FERC approved an agreement between Dynegy and its Office of Enforcement to settle allegations that the company misrepresented its plants' ramp rates to PJM.
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Constellation Hit with $4.7M Penalty for Violating CAISO RA Rules
Constellation NewEnergy has agreed to pay $4.7 million in penalties for violating CAISO tariff provisions related to imports intended for resource adequacy.
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Stakeholders Encourage PJM to Defend FTR Filing
Stakeholders urged PJM to hold its ground on collateral requirements for FTR traders, saying it should offer more support for a proposal that FERC rejected.
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Responsibly Sourced Gas Market is ‘Growing,’ Kinder Morgan Says
Kinder Morgan could receive FERC approval in the coming weeks for a new market mechanism that would support expansion of RSG.
NRG
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: March 23, 2022
PJM detailed a proposal to update the process timing for generation deactivations at the Markets and Reliability Committee meeting.
GE
FERC Rebuffs PJM Monitor in Accepting Kestrel Market Power Analysis
FERC rejected a protest by PJM’s Monitor in approving Kestrel’s updated market power analysis, saying its complaints were directed at the RTO’s rules.
SPP
SPP’s Consolidated Tx Planning Just Beginning
An SPP task force out to consolidate transmission planning processes and associated cost-sharing mechanism is just getting started.
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FERC Partially Grants Challenges to AEP Transmission Rates
FERC partially granted four cooperatives’ challenge of AEP companies’ annual update for transmission formula rate charges under the SPP tariff.
Norwich Technologies
Overheard at the NE Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
The quarterly New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable took on the topic of equitable decarbonization for its first event of the year.
NYSEG
FERC Upholds Denial of NYTOs’ Cost Allocation Complaint
FERC upheld its denial of New York transmission owners’ complaint that NYISO’s funding mechanism for transmission upgrades is unjust and unreasonable.

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