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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PJM Presents Capacity Price Cap and Floor to Members Committee
The Members Committee was sharply divided on an agreement in principle between PJM and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to institute a cap and floor on capacity prices for the 2026/27 Base Residual Auction and the following auction.
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MISO TOs Take ROE Battle to DC Circuit Court Again
MISO transmission owners have again taken arguments against FERC’s most recent return on equity decision to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
EMC Engineering Services
NERC Updates FERC on IBR Registration Progress
In a filing, NERC told FERC it estimates more than 850 inverter-based resources will need to be registered under new criteria.
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FERC’s Christie Discusses Making Electricity More Affordable at NASEO
FERC Chair Mark Christie gave public remarks to NASEO's conference, laying out some of the major issues the agency will tackle under his leadership.
CenterPoint Energy
LS Power Files Complaint Against MISO over Indiana ROFR
LS Power has lodged a complaint against MISO for treating Indiana’s right of first refusal law as if it’s in effect when it’s under a preliminary injunction.
Shutterstock
FERC Approves ISO-NE Capacity Market Collateral Requirements
FERC accepted ISO-NE’s proposal to increase the collateral requirements for generators participating in its capacity market, rejecting the New England Power Generators Association’s arguments that the changes violate the filed rate doctrine.
Citizens Electric Corp.
FERC Sets Missouri Co-op’s Tx Rate for Hearing
FERC ordered hearing and settlement proceedings into a Missouri electric distribution cooperative’s effort to split from the Wabash Valley Power Association and earn rates on its own as a transmission owner in MISO.
NOAA
FERC, NERC Praise Grid Performance in Cold Snap
FERC and the ERO have launched a review into the electric grid's performance during January's extreme cold weather that brought record low temperatures and snowfall to the Southeastern U.S.
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FERC Accepts NYISO Demand Curve Reset
FERC accepted NYISO's proposed tariff revisions that were submitted as part of the Demand Curve Reset.
Invenergy
FERC Approves Annual Megawatt Cap for MISO Interconnection Queue
FERC has given MISO an all-clear to cap project hopefuls lining up for its overflowing generator interconnection queue at 50% of the RTO’s peak load.

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