On November 20, 2025, FERC terminated several long-pending rulemaking and policy dockets in an effort to provide “regulatory certainty.” Specifically, FERC closed RM22-20, RM18-10, RM20-7, and PL20-7.
RM22-20 proposed requiring that any entity communicating with FERC or other specified organizations related to a matter subject to FERC’s jurisdiction submit accurate and factual information and not submit false or misleading information or omit material information. RM18-10 was initiated after Airlines for America and the National Propane Gas Association petition FERC to initiate a rulemaking to establish affiliate standards of conduct regulations for crude oil, natural gas liquids, and petroleum pipelines similar to those that exist for natural gas and electric transmission providers. RM20-7 proposed to codify in FERC regulations the Safe Harbor Policy established in FERC’s Policy Statement on Natural Price Indices, which states that FERC will not pursue enforcement actions if a market participant makes an “inadvertent error” when submitting trade data to a price index developer. Lastly, PL20-7 issued a proposed policy statement on waiver of tariff requirements and petitions or complaints for remedial relief that set forth an approach FERC would take going forward to ensure compliance with the filed rate doctrine and the rule against retroactive ratemaking. FERC stated that it will continue to evaluate waiver requests on a case-by-case basis.
In a statement on the docket terminations, FERC Chair Laura Swett explained that “[a]s the United States continues to strengthen its energy dominance, FERC is streamlining processes and enhancing regulatory certainty to help stakeholders plan, build, and invest with confidence,” which includes “closing out stale and unnecessary rulemaking proceedings to provide clarity on the rules of the road going forward.”
FERC’s notice of termination can be accessed here.
