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.
FERC has yet to issue a final rule on transmission planning, but supporters of competition for transmission development have said they will appeal it to court if it reimposes a federal right of first refusal.
Climate activists from New England are calling on FERC to reject the results of ISO-NE’s Forward Capacity Auction 18, arguing the auction disproportionately favored fossil fuel resources.
NERC urged FERC to set aside the ISO/RTO Council's objections to its proposed cold weather standard.
The surest way to ensure that transmission is not expanded is to usurp states’ authority, FERC Commissioner Mark Christie said at WIRES’ Spring Member Meeting in Chicago.
SPP’s effort to impose capacity accreditation methodologies for thermal and renewable resources has drawn protests from public-interest and clean-energy groups at FERC.
FERC ordered Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to rework two filings involving departing members in orders issued March 29.
FERC approved CAISO’s request to forgo this year’s process for taking interconnection applications, giving the ISO more time to study last year’s record-breaking number of requests.
SPP filed its Markets+ tariff at FERC, the culmination of more than a year-long collaborative effort with potential participants and stakeholders to draft rules and protocols for the grid operator’s day-ahead market offering.
With FERC’s blessing, MISO will synchronize its generator replacement process with its generation suspension and retirement process to give interconnection customers more flexibility.
The D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of FERC granting previously approved natural gas projects’ requests for an extension of their deadlines to bring the facilities online.
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