FERC

FERC is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent U.S. government agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. It oversees wholesale energy markets and approves major infrastructure projects and rate changes for utilities.

Why it’s in the news: FERC is in the news as it reviews and approves major transmission projects, imposes reforms on grid operators, and considers new incentives for grid technology.

Latest on FERC

• ISO-NE to review ‘asset condition’ transmission projects under proposal filed at FERC
• FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects built in PJM
• PJM files backstop auction plan at FERC to meet capacity shortfall
• FERC will impose reforms if PJM fails to adopt changes by September, chairman warns
• FERC eyes ‘grid-enhancing technology’ incentives: Chairman Swett
• FERC fails to shield PJM consumers from data center transmission costs: ratepayer advocates
• FERC has directed six major U.S. grid operators to create a fast lane for interconnection requests tied to large data centers
• FERC has also been addressing the issue in the PJM region, where it ordered the nation's largest grid operator to create clearer rules for co-located AI/data-center loads
• Chris Wright, U.S. Secretary of Energy, is the central federal official pushing the rulemaking and asking FERC to act on large-load interconnections
• U.S. regulators have told grid operators to give data centers faster access to interconnections

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