These are summaries of orders voted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at its October 15, 2026, public meeting. Links to each order will be provided below once the order is issued. The summaries are produced by FERC’s Office of External Affairs and are intended to provide only a general synopsis of the orders. These summaries are not intended as a substitute for the Commission’s official orders. To determine the specific actions and the Commission’s reasoning, please consult the individual orders when they are posted to FERC’s eLibrary.
News Release: C-1 | Authorizations for Certain Activities at Liquefied Natural Gas Plants, Docket No. RM26-2-001 | Presentation
News Release: C-2 | Environmental Review of Natural Gas Act Applications, Docket No. PL26-3-000
E-1 | McKenzie Electric Coop., Inc. v. Basin Electric Power Coop., Docket No. EL25-92-001
ORDER ADDRESSING ARGUMENTS RAISED ON REHEARING
The order sustains the Commission’s May 21, 2026, order dismissing McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.’s complaint alleging that Basin Electric Power Cooperative engaged in a loan transaction with the Rural Utilities Service in a manner inconsistent with the Federal Power Act.
E-2 | North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Docket No. RR26-3-000
ORDER ACCEPTING 2027 BUSINESS PLANS AND BUDGETS
The order accepts the 2027 business plans and budgets for NERC, the six Regional Entities, and WIRAB and authorizes the issuance of billing invoices to fund their fiscal year 2027 operations. The order also grants limited waivers of the NERC Rules of Procedure to permit specified deposits into, withdrawals from, assessment stabilization reserves and approves WECC’s use of Peak Reliability Donation Reserves to fund a gas-electric interface study, AI projects, and data management projects.
E-3 | IGS CTS, LLC, Docket Nos. EL26-84-000 and QF26-1177-001
ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR PARTIAL WAIVER
The order grants IGTS CTS, LLC’s request for partial waiver from the filing requirement in section 292.303(a)(3) of the Commission’s regulations applicable to small power production qualifying facilities during a non-compliance period, starting December 3, 2025, the date the facility began operations, and ending June 17, 2026, the date Petitioner filed a Form No. 556 for QF certification.
E-4 | FirstLight Power Management LLC, et al., Docket No. EC26-110-000
ORDER AUTHORIZING DISPOSITION OF JURISDICTIONAL FACILITIES AND ACQUISITION OF SECURITIES
The order finds the proposed transaction between FirstLight Power Management LLC, FirstLight CT Housatonic LLC, FirstLight MA Hydro LLC, and Northfield Mountain LLC and Hull Street Energy, LLC is consistent with the public interest.
E-5 | PJM Interconnection LLC., Docket No. ER24-2045-005
ORDER ACCEPTING COMPLIANCE IN PART AND DIRECTING FURTHER COMPLIANCE
The order accepts in part, and rejects in part, the proposed revisions submitted by PJM to its Open Access Transmission Tariff to comply with the requirements of Order Nos. 2023 and 2023-A and the Commission’s order on compliance issued April 2026. The order also directs PJM to submit further compliance filings.
E-6 | Mammoth Central LLC, Docket Nos. ER26-2932-000 and TS26-6-000
ORDER ON REQUEST FOR WAIVERS
The order accepts in part, and dismisses in part, the request for temporary waivers of the Commission’s requirements to file an Open Access Transmission Tariff, to establish and maintain an Open Access Same-Time Information System, and to comply with the Commission’s Standards of Conduct.
E-7 | Mammoth South LLC., Docket Nos. ER26-2949-000 and TS26-6-000
ORDER ON REQUEST FOR WAIVERS
The order accepts in part, and dismisses in part, the request for temporary waivers of the Commission’s requirements to file an Open Access Transmission Tariff, to establish and maintain an Open Access Same-Time Information System, and to comply with the Commission’s Standards of Conduct.
E-8 | Lost Island Wind Energy, LLC, Docket No. ER26-3431-000
ORDER GRANTING WAIVER REQUEST
The order grants Lost Island Wind Energy, LLC’s (Lost Island) waiver request to allow a 24-month extension of the commercial operation deadline for its wind generating facility. Specifically, the order grants waiver of (1) section 4.4.4 of Attachment X of Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.’s (MISO) Open Access Transmission, Energy and Operating Reserve Markets Tariff; and (2) Article 2.3.1 of the Generator Interconnection Agreement among Lost Island as interconnection customer, MidAmerican Energy Company as transmission owner, and MISO as transmission provider.
E-9 | Deseret Generation & Transmission Coop., Inc., Docket No. ER26-3333-000
ORDER CONDITIONALLY ACCEPTING NOTICE OF CHANGE IN STATUS AND TARIFF REVISIONS
The order accepts Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative, Inc.’s (Deseret) notice of change in status and conditionally accepts its market-based rate tariff revisions. Deseret is authorized to participate in SPP West and EDAM at market-based rates on the condition that it: (1) offers its units that are participating in SPP West at or below each unit’s mitigated energy offer; (2) offer its units that are participating in EDAM into EDAM at or below each unit’s Default Energy Bid as defined in the California Independent System Operator Corporation tariff; and (3) submits compliance filings within 12 months of beginning participation in SPP West and nine months of beginning participation in EDAM.
E-10 | Stony Creek Wind Farm, LLC, Docket No. ER23-2595-001 et al.
ORDER ON CONTESTED SETTLEMENT
The order approves Stony Creek Wind Farm, LLC’s settlement offer for Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service as that service is defined in Schedule 2 of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s Open Access Transmission Tariff.
E-11 | Conyers Renewable Power, LLC, Docket Nos. EL26-80-000 and QF14-355-003
ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR PARTIAL WAIVER AND ACCEPTING REFUND REPORT
The order grants Conyers Renewable Power, (Petitioner) a partial waiver from the filing requirements in section 292.303(a)(3) of the Commission’s regulations applicable to small power production qualifying facilities during a non-compliance period starting when a change in upstream ownership of the facility owned by Petitioner occurred on April 10, 2020, and ending when Petitioner filed a self-recertification of QF status for the facility on March 16, 2026. The order also accepts the Petitioner’s filed refund report.
G-1 | Revisions to Oil Pipeline Regulations Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Docket No. RM93-11-004; Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index, Docket No. RM20-14-005
ORDER ON CLARIFICATION AND MOTION FOR STAY
The order clarifies the Commission’s November 20, 2025, order that granted certain oil pipelines remedial relief for the period from March 1, 2022, to September 17, 2024, following the reinstatement of the index level of Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG) plus 0.78% pursuant to Liquid Energy Pipeline Association v. FERC, 109 F.4th 543 (D.C. Cir. 2024). The order also denies a motion to stay the November 20, 2025, order pending judicial review.
C-3 | Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC, Docket No. CP26-11-000
ORDER ISSUING CERTIFICATES
The order grants Columbia Gulf’s request for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to construct and operate new natural gas pipeline facilities in Lincoln and Pulaski Counties, Kentucky. The project is designed to provide 260,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm transportation service to meet the needs of East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.
C-4 | Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC and Driftwood Pipeline LLC, Docket Nos. CP26-537-000 and CP17-118-000
ORDER AMENDING AUTHORIZATION AND VACATING IN PART CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY
The order grants Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC’s (Louisiana LNG) and Driftwood Pipeline LLC’s (Driftwood) June 1, 2026, request to vacate the Commission’s Natural Gas Act (NGA) section 7 certificate authorizing Driftwood to construct and operate certain facilities and amend Louisiana LNG’s NGA section 3 authorization to include those same facilities as part of the company’s liquefied natural gas export facilities. The facilities consist of an interconnect and receipt meter station that would interconnect the Louisiana LNG facility with the Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC interstate natural gas pipeline system.