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.
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FERC Chair Mark Christie and Commissioner Judy Chang downplayed the current political environment’s impact on the agency, saying the commission’s role is to follow the law and ensure the fairness of procedures.
Entergy Arkansas
FERC gave MISO the go-ahead to set its value of lost load at $10,000/MWh by early fall, nearly three times as high as the current $3,500/MWh value.
Verogy
FERC plans to rule on ISO-NE’s compliance proposal for Order 2023 on or before April 4, the commission announced in a short notice.
NERC
NERC responded to comments on the Interregional Transfer Capability Study by explaining its analysis process and defending some of its scoping decisions.
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In comments on a FERC investigation, PJM said there are several pathways to bolster the ability for large consumers to benefit from co-locating with generators.
Consumers Energy
The D.C. Circuit rejected an appeal of FERC's approval of two pipelines in Louisiana tied to a planned LNG site.
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FERC approved filings by two Massachusetts utilities establishing distribution fees for standalone electric energy storage systems that connect to the distribution system but participate in ISO-NE wholesale markets.
EMC Engineering Services
ISO-NE plans to reopen its interconnection queue April 1 as it continues to wait for a ruling from FERC on its Order 2023 compliance proposal, the RTO told the NEPOOL Transmission Committee.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
ISO/RTO leaders explained the issues facing their markets and took some questions from members, with subjects like FERC's independence and the recent capacity price spikes in PJM coming up.
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Industry stakeholders called for a number of revisions to NERC's proposed inverter-based resource ride-through standards, mostly involving the exemption process for legacy inverters.
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