Commissioner Clements' Fair Rates Act Statement on Southeast EEM (SEEM)
… [3] While I am an ardent supporter of market formation across the electricity sector as a means of harnessing competition to ensure … involve two known parties engaging in a negotiated exchange of electricity and related services. They involve the parties … the monopoly owned transmission wires that control whether and to whom electricity can be transported in interstate commerce,” [13] and …
Statement of Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee on the FERC’s Approval of PURPA Final Rule
… its PURPA regulations and, over that time, much has changed in how electricity is generated and priced. With this new rule, the … in the record that certain customers may have been overpaying for electricity by as much as $2.26 billion to $3.9 billion. To address …
Natural Gas
FERC Proposes Changes to Price Indices Policy
… since they are used to price billions of dollars of natural gas and electricity transactions annually in both the physical and financial … intended to promote voluntary reporting of wholesale natural gas and electricity transactions to price index developers by alleviating …
Final Report on February 2021 Freeze Underscores Winterization Recommendations
… lost power – some for as long as four days. Tragically, the loss of electricity caused the deaths of numerous Texans. “The final report … in February 2021, are unfortunately becoming more commonplace and the electricity ecosystem needs to come together to plan for and prepare to …
Summaries | February 2026 Commission Meeting
… Generation, LLC’s acquisition of Calpine Corporation. E-2 | Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Docket No. EL10-56-000 ORDER ON … N.A. (US), L.P. v. FERC , 107 F.4th 981 (D.C. Cir. 2024), the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) soft price cap framework, which …
Readout from FERC COVID-19 Pandemic conference call with NARUC, NASEO and National Governors Association
… of collaboration to ensure the continued availability of reliable electricity. This was followed by FERC staff providing an overview of … partners during this pandemic. FERC is actively participating in the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council’s regular briefings, …
Commissioner See’s Concurrence in PJM’s Reliability Backstop Procurement (ER26-3380-000)
… Docket No. ER26-3380-000 PJM needs more generation: Soaring electricity demand from data centers, artificial intelligence, domestic … a serious focus on load forecasting. After years of relatively flat electricity demand, regulators and grid operators need to adjust to …
Electric
Commissioner Spitzer's Statement on Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System
… homes, Americans will not tolerate interruption in the lifeblood of electricity. Particularly where even momentary outages affect so many … not the final word on a public/private partnership to ensure reliable electricity for America's consumers. I thank the Commission's staff for …
Market Assessment
FERC Releases 2025 Summer Assessment
… higher likelihood of tight generation availability due to above-normal electricity demand, periods of low wind and solar output, wildfires … we are having on June 4 and 5 here at FERC.” In addition, wholesale electricity prices are expected to be higher this summer as compared to …
Commissioner Richard Glick Statement Regarding Green Hat and Orange Avenue Waiver Orders
… to protect consumers from attempts to manipulate wholesale electricity markets and to punish entities that succeed in doing so. To … preclude these individuals from continued participation in wholesale electricity markets. I hope that this is an issue we can address in the …