Congressional Republicans stepped up attacks on the Biden Administration's energy policies this week, attempting to leverage the debt ceiling to force change.

FERC has approved SPP tariff revisions of resource adequacy requirements that would provide LREs with an alternative approach to deficiency payments.

FERC said last week that “by operation of law” it would not reconsider its approval of one of NERC’s new cold weather reliability standards.

FERC has become too politicized and should use its independent authority to move the electricity industry forward, two former commission chairs said.

FERC rejected a request to include pump storage in ISO-NE’s Inventoried Energy Program despite protests that it should be treated like other storage resources.

FERC partially accepted NYISO’s second compliance filing for Order 2222, directing the ISO to submit another within 30 days to correct inconsistencies.

FERC approved the compliance filings of six transmission providers, including those of NYISO and CAISO, with Order 88.

The fate of 2 Texas LNG developments that had their approvals remanded to FERC drew out some disagreements among the regulators’ two Democrats in recent orders.

PacifiCorp’s transmission formula rate protocols lack transparency and may limit the ability of interested parties to review and challenge rates, FERC decided.

FERC denied Tenaska’s rehearing request over alleged curtailment of its Clear Creek Wind Farm, maintaining the company did not provide sufficient evidence.