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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Former FERC Chair Richard Glick and former FERC economist Devin Hartman told attendees at the Nodal Trader conference that they fear for FERC's independence.
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President Donald Trump named Laura Swett chair of FERC.
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Panelists at FERC's Reliability Task Force praised the efforts of NERC's Large Loads Task Force while highlighting the work still needed.
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Golden Spread Electric Cooperative will again appeal a stakeholder group’s rejection of a proposed tariff change that would pre-emptively determine the amount of load SPP's system can handle without requiring additional network upgrades.
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Oregon Public Utility Commission Chair Letha Tawney called for a less punitive data-sharing regime around wildfires, saying that liability fears impede the industry from understanding the root causes of fires.
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Representatives from NERC and the rest of the electric ecosystem joined FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference to discuss the importance of planning in addressing large loads.
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In a filing, NERC asked for clarity on the filings FERC ordered it to make regarding the implementation of its most recent cold weather standard.
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FERC sided with San Francisco in the city’s dispute with PG&E over cost allocation provisions in a wholesale distribution contract, finding PG&E improperly required the city to bear the cost of system upgrades instead of allocating costs among all beneficiaries.
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FERC ruled that MISO must name a point in development and describe how it would consider merchant HVDC lines in its transmission planning.
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FERC issued an NOPR directing several changes to gas pipelines' business practices aimed at increasing information sharing with grid operators, especially during extreme weather.
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