January 17, 2025

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

ISO-NE
FERC Accepts All 6 ISO/RTO Order 895 Compliance Filings
FERC approved all the jurisdictional ISO/RTO compliance filings with Order 895, which established rules for sharing credit information among the organized markets.
GridLiance
FERC Accepts SPP Congestion Hedging Changes
FERC accepted SPP’s proposed tariff revisions to implement congestion hedging improvements, ending a journey through the stakeholder process that began six years ago.
Entergy
DC Circuit Declines Entergy Challenge of MISO Seasonal Accreditation
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Entergy’s challenge of MISO’s seasonal capacity accreditation and generator outage rules, two years after FERC approved the rules.
MISO
FERC Requires More Intel on MISO’s New Capacity Accreditation Method
FERC said it needs more explanation behind MISO’s plan to use a capacity accreditation that would accredit resources based on a combination of their projected availability and historical performance during periods of high system risk.
FERC
FERC Open Meeting Showcases Order 1920 Rehearing Debate
The ongoing debate around Order 1920 and its pending rehearing requests continued at FERC’s monthly open meeting, a day after it came up at a House oversight hearing.
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FERC Ends Section 206 Proceeding for New Brunswick Energy Marketing
FERC ruled that New Brunswick Energy Marketing does not appear to have horizontal market power in the New Brunswick balancing authority area, concluding a Section 206 proceeding that came out of a failed market share screening test.
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FERC Accepts NYISO Capacity Accreditation Changes, with 1-Year Delay
FERC approved NYISO’s proposed tariff revisions to more accurately accredit natural gas resources’ capacity, but the commission delayed their implementation until 2026.
MISO
MISO Sets Sights on 50% Peak MW Cap in Annual Interconnection Queue Cycles
MISO plans to pursue a more straightforward, 50% peak load megawatt cap to limit the number of generator interconnection requests it will accept annually.
House Energy & Commerce Committee
Order 1920 Debated at House Hearing with All 5 FERC Commissioners
At full strength for the first time since the beginning of last year with the addition of Judy Chang, all five FERC commissioners appeared at a House oversight hearing during which representatives questioned them on Order 1920. 
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NERC Submits Final Performance Assessment
NERC filed its performance assessment with FERC last week, highlighting its accomplishments over the last five years as ERO.

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