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.
MISO
MISO and several stakeholders came to the defense of the RTO’s $21.8 billion, 24-project long-range transmission plan portfolio for the Midwest as five Republican states seek to repeal the projects’ approval.
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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision that sided with FERC on a PURPA case without using Chevron deference, agreeing with the commission's statutory interpretation.
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An apparently routine rate incentive request from a MISO transmission developer who has yet to be assigned a project turned into a debate between FERC commissioners over capital structures in ratemaking.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Tri-State G&T is seeking FERC’s approval for a new tariff designed to manage the heavy volume of data center load expected to materialize in its member utilities’ service territories over the next decade.
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FERC nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte took questions from senators at a confirmation hearing, including many about the future of independent agencies.
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Parties filed their first briefs in the appeal of FERC Order 1920, which mandated changes to regional transmission planning and cost-allocation rules.
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FERC approved settlements between subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Energy and Southern Co. and their regional entities over violations of NERC's reliability standards.
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CAISO’s EDAM clinched a set of wins when FERC approved the market’s revised congestion revenue allocation model and authorized participation for the EDAM’s first two members — PacifiCorp and Portland General Electric.
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ERCOT stakeholders, while raising concerns over the grid operator’s use of conservative operations, have endorsed staff’s recommendations for computing minimum ancillary service quantities for 2026.
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FERC approved a follow-up filing for ISO-NE’s compliance with Orders 2023 and 2023-A, authorizing variations from the final rule related to interconnection point modifications, cost allocation, and commercial readiness deposits.
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