Key Takeaways -
- The Report favors dispatchable resources over intermittent ones to address resource adequacy concerns and advises against retiring fossil-fuel generating resources.
- The Report introduces a methodology...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 June 26, at 10:00 a.m. ET....more
Key Takeaways -
- Pursuant to President Trump’s executive order seeking to maximize the secretary of energy’s emergency authority under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act, the secretary’s two new orders have halted the...more
6/10/2025
/ Coal Industry ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Power Act ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
MISO ,
Natural Gas ,
NERC ,
PJM ,
Popular ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Trump Administration
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 May 15, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The summaries below are based on publicly available...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 April 17, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The summaries below are based on publicly...more
4/16/2025
/ Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Government Agencies ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Natural Gas ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Utilities Sector
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
3/19/2025
/ Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Infrastructure ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Utilities Sector
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently issued an order (Co-location Order) finding that the treatment of load that co-locates behind generating facilities’ points of interconnection with the grid in the PJM...more
2/26/2025
/ Clean Energy ,
Data Centers ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Jurisdiction ,
Public Utility ,
Regulation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tariffs ,
Transmission Grid
On February 18, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14215, entitled “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” aimed at increasing direct presidential oversight of independent agencies and commissions.
Unlike...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 February 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The summaries below are based on publicly...more
Among his first actions on January 20, President Trump appointed Mark Christie as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Chairman Christie was confirmed as a FERC commissioner in 2020, near the beginning...more
In late January, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) published a final rule directing the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop and submit modified reliability standards for internal...more
3/8/2023
/ Bulk Electric System ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Electricity ,
Energy Policy ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
NERC ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Risk Management
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on April 14, 2022, accepted a “State Agreement Approach” Agreement (SAA Agreement) between PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJ...more
President Biden signed an executive order (Order) on December 8, 2021, directing the federal government to use its scale and procurement power to slash its carbon emissions by 65% by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by...more
12/17/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Department of Environmental Quality ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Reform ,
Environmental Policies ,
Executive Orders ,
Net Zero ,
Renewable Energy ,
Sustainability