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To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On April 15, 2021, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) to supplement the March 2020 NOPR regarding its electric transmission incentive policy under Federal Power Act (“FPA”) section 219 ( see March 23, 2020 edition of the WER). While FERC’s March 2020 NOPR proposed to provide all utilities that turn over their wholesale transmission facilities to a Regional Transmission Organization (“RTO”) a fixed 100 ...

Dive Brief: Utilities and state regulators are protesting a decision from federal regulators to prevent states from blocking demand response aggregates participation in the wholesale markets. In several requests for rehearing filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday, utilities within the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the investor-owned utility trade group Edison Electric Institute, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) an...

FERC Pondering Tighter Financial Incentives for Building Out Electric Transmission Infrastructure Federal regulators on Thursday suggested tightening up an electric transmission incentives policy designed to stimulate infrastructure development for the nation’s evolving grid. In its regular meeting, FERC approved by a vote of 3-2 a revision to the plan issued in March 2020 (No. RM20-10). In the supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR), the Commission suggested codifying the current p...

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last week gave the public more time to comment on the review of a policy document that guides its decisions on approving new interstate gas facilities, including pipelines. FERC approves projects with Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity that require the commission to assess the impacts of the project and determine whether or not the proposed new gas infrastructure is needed. The review comment period, which was scheduled to be close...

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Dive Brief: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to reopen its review of a 1999 policy statement that guides how the commission approves gas infrastructure. A notice of inquiry (NOI) was most recently opened on this question in 2018, under the leadership of former Chairman Kevin McIntyre, and received more than 3,000 comments. Now, the commission is updating the NOI to include questions about how its actions may adversely affect environmental justice communitie...

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

Dive Brief: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday voted 3-1 to vacate an "infamous" footnote added to a rehearing order on the PJM Interconnections broader minimum offer price rule (MOPR) proceeding. FERCs order eliminates confusion over the footnote, which had suggested that New Jerseys default service auction could be considered a state subsidy under the expanded MOPR. "I believe this, finally, is the end of the commissions PJM MOPR proceeding," said Chairman Richard Glick. "Al...