September 29, 2024

Federal Power Act (FPA)

KCP&L
FERC Grants KCP&L Greater Missouri’s Dividends Petition
FERC found that KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations’ proposed payment of dividends complies with the Federal Power Act.
FirstEnergy Calls out FERC ‘Failure’ to Act on Resilience
FirstEnergy Solutions says ISO-NE’s request to prop up Exelon’s Mystic plant shows why FERC should take emergency action to bail out coal and nuclear.
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FERC: No Emergency on Grid
FERC commissioners told Congress that the grid is not facing a national security emergency, as the Trump administration has claimed.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Analyst: FERC Asserts Role in Handling Nuke Subsidies
FERC and the U.S. Department of Justice told the 7th Circuit that Illinois' zero-emission credits (ZECs) program is not pre-empted by the Federal Power Act.
Time for New FERC Enforcement Rules?
It’s been 10 years since FERC revised its enforcement policy guidelines, and two former commission attorneys think it might be time for a check-up.
PJM
PJM Stakeholders Clash Over “Heart” of Containment Provisions
Stakeholders plowed through several hours of material at a special PJM Planning Committee session on whether the RTO should include cost containment provisions in its analysis of competitive bids for new transmission.
Western Regulators Get Schooled in RTO Legal 101
The West’s utility regulators took a crash course on the legal implications of their utilities joining organized electric markets (RTOs)at the spring 2018 joint CREPC-WIRAB meeting.
UPDATE: FES Seeks Bankruptcy, DOE Emergency Order
FirstEnergy Solutions filed for bankruptcy Saturday, two days after asking Energy Secretary Rick Perry to issue an emergency order directing PJM to compensate coal-fired and nuclear power plants.
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Advocate Group Questions PJM Campaign Contributions
An advocacy group accused PJM of violating the Federal Power Act by making political contributions with membership funds. PJM said the payments were to allow staff access to energy-related policy summits and not to support any candidate.
American Rivers
SPP FERC Briefs: Week of Feb. 6, 2018
FERC issued several orders last week regarding SPP and its members, including Missouri River Energy Services and Tri-County Electric Cooperative.

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