The three nominees to be FERC commissioners faced questions from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in a hearing that was light on fireworks.

Nearing completion of its transmission planning rulemaking, FERC said it is forming a new working group with state regulators with a focus on reliability.

FERC approved NYISO’s proposed tariff revisions aimed at enhancing the coordination between its interconnection study processes, minimizing redundant study evaluations and streamlining study processes.

FERC approved a proposal to allow transmission lines outside California to join CAISO under a new subscriber-funded model that avoids allocating project costs to the ISO’s load-serving entities.

Former FERC Commissioner James Danly told a House Oversight subcommittee that federal subsidies overvalue some resources, while undervaluing others, putting the future of the grid at risk.

FERC released its fiscal year 2025 congressional justification, which would have the agency fund itself with $532 million from fees and annual charges assessed to entities it regulates.

MISO has registered a separate complaint with FERC to retract market-to-market coordination with SPP on a contentious flowgate persistently taxed by a North Dakota cryptocurrency mining operation.

FERC issued an order partly approving rule changes CAISO filed to its tariff that are meant to enable its participation in the Extended Day Ahead Market once it goes live.