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.
ITC Holdings
FERC accepted SPP's tariff revisions that establish subregions for the cost allocation of future byway projects under its highway/byway methodology.
Diamond Generating LLC
Flexibility will be a core attribute of the various scenarios and solutions being discussed to meet the snowballing estimates of U.S. electric power demand, says columnist K Kaufmann.
Northwoods Resort
FERC revoked the operating license for a troubled dam in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, citing a failure to address safety issues that could cost lives and the owner’s loss of land in bankruptcy proceedings.
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Columnist Steve Huntoon predicts that the independent federal agencies like FERC will survive the Supreme Court’s revisiting of Humphrey’s Executor v. United States.
Illustrated by Perplexity
The defining story of the coming year will be the widening chasm between electricity supply and demand, a dynamic driven by a slow-moving supply side, coupled with the explosive growth of energy-hungry data centers, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
IMCO
Idaho Power can continue to sell power at market-based rates after it acquired more than 200 MW in resources 2023 and 2024, FERC ruled.
SPP
FERC dismissed as moot a complaint by several public interest organizations over SPP’s accreditation methodologies for thermal and renewable resources.
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CAISO is proposing a set of tariff changes for submission to FERC early in 2026 to help ease participants into the ISO’s new Extended Day-Ahead Market.
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The Maine Office of the Public Advocate has asked FERC to initiate evidentiary hearing procedures to answer questions about the prudency of investments by New England transmission owners in asset condition projects placed in service in 2022.
Talen Energy
FERC told PJM to change its rules to allow for co-located load at generators, with new transmission services and other tweaks.
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