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.
Idaho Power
FERC Launches Section 206 Proceeding for Idaho Power
Idaho Power must prove it does not have unjust market power in its balancing authority area, FERC ruled.
Yes Energy
N.J. Mulls PJM Withdrawal amid Energy Shortfall Predictions
Anger over a recent dramatic rate hike and fears of energy shortfalls because of a predicted future rise in demand have prompted New Jersey to look anew at whether the state should consider pulling out of PJM.
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FERC Again Rejects SDG&E Bid for RTO Adder
FERC denied San Diego Gas & Electric's challenge of a commission order rejecting the utility’s request for an RTO adder to its transmission rates based on its participation in CAISO.
ITC Holdings
FERC Denies MISO, SPP Waiver of Joint Study Process
FERC denied a waiver request by MISO and SPP to modify the Coordinated System Plan under their joint operating agreement, saying it is not the “appropriate vehicle” to improve the process.
EDP Renewables
Court Says Mich. TO Cannot be Sole Owner of Upgrades on Shared Line
A yearslong dispute over who gets to own a 345-kV network upgrade in Michigan had the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals meditating on the definitions of “system” versus “facility.”
CEC
FERC OKs Abandoned Plant Incentive for Calif. Offshore Wind Tx Developer

California’s first offshore wind project got a boost when FERC granted CalGrid an abandoned plant incentive for a set of OSW-related transmission projects in the Humboldt County area.

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FERC Updates Environmental Review Process in Line with Trump Order
FERC changed its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act in compliance with President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy."
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FERC Upholds MISO and SPP’s JTIQ Cost Allocation over Criticism
FERC found that MISO and SPP’s 100% cost allocation to generation for the pair’s $1.7 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission portfolio remains appropriate 
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FERC Says MISO’s Interconnection Compliance Lacking, Approves General Design
FERC told MISO it needs a few more edits to its queue rules to be compliant with the commission’s wide-ranging order to streamline generator interconnection.
Grid United
FERC Partly Accepts SPP’s Order 2023 Compliance
FERC accepted SPP’s compliance with Orders Nos. 2023 and 2023-A in part and directed the RTO to submit a further filing within 60 days of the order.

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