Mark Christie
FERC's technical conference highlighted gaps between the commission, state regulators and RTOs in their oversight of transmission planning.
Commissioners Mark Christie and James Danly addressed the pros and cons of the West’s pursuit of greater market coordination at the fall CREPC-WIRAB meeting.
FERC’s members discussed New England's winter fuel security problems and once again highlighted the commission's philosophical divide along party lines.
FERC reluctantly proposed a 200-basis point incentive for utilities that make voluntary cybersecurity investments, an initiative directed by Congress.
State regulators say minimum requirements on interregional transfer capacity could produce cross border transmission where Order 1000 failed.
The first meeting of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference in two years focused on transmission needs that are necessary for a fast-changing energy landscape.
FERC Commissioner Mark Christie said the agency's transmission NOPR gives the states plenty of flexibility to plan their public policy-focused projects.
FERC commissioners expressed alarm over forecasts of potential supply shortfalls this summer in the West, ERCOT, MISO and SPP.
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FERC approved a trio of changes to NYISO’s capacity market that were spurred by New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
The second half of the third meeting of FERC and NARUC's Joint Task Force on Electric Transmission focused on cost allocation for network upgrades.
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