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Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on March 13, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on January 16, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The summaries below are based on publicly...more
On January 6, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more
On November 21, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued Order No. 1920-A addressing requests for rehearing and clarification of FERC’s landmark final rule on transmission planning and cost...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Order No. 904, Compensation for Reactive Power Within the Standard Power Factor Range, 189 FERC ¶ 61,034 (2024), eliminating most compensation for reactive power service...more
On October 17, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its final rule on reactive power compensation (Order No. 904)[1], which finalized the plan outlined in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to...more
At its May 13, 2024 open meeting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unanimously approved Order No. 1977,[1] which updates the process FERC uses when exercising its transmission siting authority under Section 216...more
In episode 3 of "An Energized Exchange," Senior Policy Advisor Elizabeth Noll and Energy attorney Nic Martell unpack the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) transmission planning and permitting final rules. Order...more
On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or Commission) issued a final rule amending its regulations governing FERC’s review of applications for transmission siting permits pursuant to section 216 of...more
On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) issued Order No. 1920,[1] its long-awaited Final Rule relating to long-term regional planning and regional cost allocation. This article...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued Order No. 1920, which adopts specific requirements for transmission providers to conduct long-term planning for regional transmission facilities and determine how to...more
On May 13, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its long-awaited final rule on regional transmission planning and cost allocation, Order No. 1920. The final rule’s release follows a notice-and-comment...more
The United States electric grid is becoming increasingly stressed as the nation navigates the energy transition and demand for electricity rises. On May 1, 2024, recognizing the stress on the grid and the need for additional...more
On October 19, 2023, FERC issued a final rule directing the North American Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to develop or modify reliability standards to address reliability concerns attributable to inverter-based resources...more
On July 28, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule (the Final Rule), which Chairman Willie Phillips calls the most significant change to FERC interconnection policy since the initial policy was...more
On July 28, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued its long awaited final rule, Order No. 2023, directing all public utility transmission providers to revise their pro forma generator interconnection...more
On July 28, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or the Commission) issued Order No. 2023 (Order No. 2023 or Final Rule), which updates the procedures for interconnecting large generating facilities (20MW and above)...more
Facing more than 2,000 gigawatts of energy generation and storage waiting in transmission system interconnection queues, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has voted to adopt a final rule to revise its pro forma...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) on June 15, 2023, finalized a rule requiring interstate electric transmission providers to file one-time informational reports assessing the susceptibility of...more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a final rule on January 12 amending its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules, and orders within FERC’s...more
On January 6, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (“FERC’s”) Order No. 860 required all entities authorized by FERC to sell electric energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services at market-based rates (“MBR Sellers”) to submit baseline...more
On January 20, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop for FERC review and approval new or modified Reliability Standards...more
On January 7, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Final Rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules and orders within...more