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Thousands of Comments Call on FERC to Reconsider Proposed Expansion of Blanket Certificate Program

Proposal is Part of Broader Deregulatory Actions by FERC that Will Harm Communities Washington, DC — Sierra Club submitted more than 3,000 comments opposing the Federal Energy Regu...

FERC Deadlines Drive PJM Market Changes as Regulatory Uncertainty Continues

Stay informed with PJM FERC energy market updates, including regulatory changes, capacity markets, and energy outlooks across PJM and ERCOT The post FERC Deadlines Drive PJM Market...

FERC fast-tracks reviews to accelerate actions at hydropower projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved measures to simplify its National Environmental Policy Act review procedures for hydropower-related actions with minimal envir...

States cannot be granted filing rights under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should reject a proposal that states share “filing rights” with the PJM Interconnection and its transmission owners, former FERC Chairman J...

FERC Moves to Accelerate Data Center Grid Connections, Bolstering PPA Price Outlook

FERC took a historic step in June to ensure that grid interconnection rules can accommodate rapidly growing demand from energy-intensive data centers. The reform could accelerate l...

FERC approves MISO cost recovery plan for transmission projects built in PJM

In its decision affecting Exelon and Duke Energy utilities, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected calls to require the planned projects to go through a bidding process.

FERC Directs NERC To File Reliability Standards That Apply To Data Centers

PJM capacity auction results compound ‘alarm bells’: FERC Chairman Swett

At its monthly meeting, FERC set data center reliability standard deadlines, ordered CAISO and SPP to report on “seams” issues and advanced a complaint over cost recovery for a New...

Federal ruling hands virtual power plants a win in PJM

A recent ruling from federal regulators will let virtual power plants help meet surging energy demand in the county’s biggest energy market. Late last month, the Federal Energy Re...

FERC fails to shield PJM consumers from data center transmission costs: ratepayer advocates

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s large load “show cause” order for the PJM Interconnection fails to address regional cost allocation of network upgrades, advocates from f...

FERC eyes ‘grid-enhancing technology’ incentives: Chairman Swett

Data centers, competition in the transmission sector and PJM Interconnection governance reform were other key topics at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.

FERC Middlebury Hydroelectric Project Notice

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FERC Weybridge Hydroelectric Project Notice

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VICTORY: Courts Rule in Favor of Sierra Club, Approves FERC Order to Speed Up Clean Energy Projects

Today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Sierra Club that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission properly issued Order 2023—an order that directs grid operators to ad...

Permitting Reform For Cheaper Energy

Unfortunately, the supply of energy may not keep pace with that growing demand, which is a recipe for rising power costs for all citizens. Fortunately, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Alan Arms...

What data center developers need to know about FERC’s large load directives

The June 18 show cause orders finally take aim at the load interconnection mess. But the customers who get power faster will be the ones who show up ready to flex, writes Shalin Sa...

PJM’s Proposal to FERC Targets Data Centers and Other Large Load Customers

PJM Interconnection (“PJM”) is confronting unprecedented load growth driven by data centers and other large energy users. In a Board Decisional Letter dated July 27, 2026 (the “Dec...

FERC takes action to streamline reviews for hydropower projects with ‘minimal’ environmental impact

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved measures to simplify NEPA review for hydropower actions, aiming to streamline approvals.

FERC will impose reforms if PJM fails to adopt changes by September, chairman warns

There appears to be broad support for strengthening the independence of the grid operator’s board, possibly by moving to an advisory stakeholder process, and giving states more inf...

Ohio ratepayer advocate urges FERC to resolve 3-year-old local transmission complaint

Since the complaint was filed, FirstEnergy, AEP and other Ohio utilities have planned more than $4.3 billion in local transmission without adequate oversight, the Office of the Ohi...

The grid’s fastest-growing resource isn’t generation. It’s flexibility.

The technology is there. The institutions are not. FERC’s July 23 technical conference on the PJM Interconnection’s governance is where that gap gets addressed — or doesn’t, writes...

NextEra and Dominion File to Form a Huge Power Company

They asked regulators in three states and at a federal agency to approve a deal that would create a combined company with 10 million customers across the Southeast.

NERC: Nigerians Want Reliable Power, Not Regulatory Rivalry

Backs Tegbe’s call for harmony in decentralised market Seeks stronger federal, state coordination  Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has...

DOJ Scores Win for Energy Consumers in Federal Court