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.
FERC gave fast-track approval to CAISO Tariff changes meant to discourage sellers from failing to deliver on import energy bids.
FERC set hearing and settlement judge procedures for Xcel Energy’s formal challenge to GridLiance High Plains’ proposed annual transmission revenue requirement.
FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee said the commission will not petition the Supreme Court over the D.C. Circuit’s ruling that its use of tolling orders violates the NGA and FPA.
FERC opened an investigation into the justness and reasonableness of Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s 2020 rate schedule and the wholesale power contracts.
FERC denied a request from Green Mountain Power for a waiver of ISO-NE’s revised definition of settlement-only resources.
PJM members endorsed a proposal to use the ELCC method to calculate the capacity value of limited-duration and intermittent resources.
Connecticut DEEP Commissioner Katie Dykes took aim at both ISO-NE and FERC in a panel discussion on carbon pricing during a Consumer Liaison Group meeting.
FERC granted NCEMPA's request for a declaratory order allowing it to add battery storage to its system under its full-requirements power purchase agreement with Duke.
FERC said MISO’s Tariff was silent on the issue of whether a generation project can switch from wind to solar while in the RTO’s interconnection queue.
FERC left MISO transmission owners’ ability to self-fund network upgrades intact over a protest from AWEA and the dissent of Commissioner Richard Glick.
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