Federal Energy Regulatory Commission News

A report released Thursday said downed trees rather than transmission problems were largely to blame for massive power outages during Winter Storm Alfred last October.

NRG Energy, whose $122.5 million agreement to build a so-called "Electric Expressway" of electric-vehicle charging stations spurred a lawsuit against the state of California by smaller competitor Ecotality, says the agreement will produce about 80 percent more economic activity that it costs and that it doesn't hinder competition.

Representatives of AARP, Consumers Union, NYPIRG and more want to see a portion of New York's $78 million portion of a $245 million multi-state settlement dedicated to creating an independent consumer representative with a seat at the table when energy companies seek to increase rates.

Downed trees rather than transmission system problems were largely to blame for widespread power outages during a freak October snowstorm in the Northeast last year, a report federal regulators and a utility group said Thursday.

The chairman of North DakotaA's Public Service Commission may have presided over his last meeting.

Frustrated that a deal to remove a string of hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River in Northern California has stalled, the Hoopa Tribe has petitioned federal authorities to restart the bureaucratic process in hopes it will get the dams out of the river more quickly.

Aaron Milllion's hydropower and water supply project, renamed the Wyco Power and Water Project was denied by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on May 17.

The controversial expansion of a 7.6-mile natural gas pipeline from West Milford through Ringwood and into Mahwah cleared its last major regulatory hurdle late Tuesday when it was approved by federal authorities.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's summer assessment revealed that low natural gas prices are expected to continue to exert downward pressure on electricity prices this summer, although there could potentially be more volatility in Southern California, Texas and Boston, where power generation capacity reserves are tighter.

The town may apply for a state grant to move closer to bringing hydropower back online in Collinsville.

A decision by the federal government on whether to allow the expansion of a Tennessee Gas pipeline through West Milford , Ringwood and Mahwah could come as early as next week if the pipeline company gets its way.

Spectra Energy Corp yesterday received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, which will transport new, critically needed natural gas supplies to high demand markets in northern New Jersey and New York City.

Further broadening its energy practice, King & Spalding has recruited James F. Bowe, Jr., as a partner, and William E. Rice as a counsel, in its Washington, D.C., office, the firm announced.

Tony Clark, the chairman of North Dakota's Public Service Commission, won U.S. Senate confirmation late Thursday for a spot on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

A federal ruling on whether Progress Energy and Duke Energy can combine into the nation's largest electric utility could come as early as Friday, bringing closure to a deal announced 17 months ago.

National Park Service officials and other historic preservation officials met with staff from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Enel North America for the first time Thursday afternoon to discuss Enel's controversial proposal to replace the flashboards at the Pawtucket Dam with a pneumatic crest-gate system.

Construction of a controversial $1.2 billion natural gas line running under the Hudson was unanimously approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the New York Times reported.

NERC must have thought it was taking a step up when a 2005 law made the non-profit group an official advisor to Congress, but that law also brought them under the oversight of FERC which just spent months of rummaging through every desk looking for rule violations they could use to embroil NERC in legal difficulties.

May 23, 2012 -- Van Ness Feldman announced the addition of Lawrence Acker and Brian O'Neill, each as Of Counsel, to the firm's Washington, DC office.

Jackson Hole, Wyo.-Colorado businessman Aaron Million was dealt his second denial from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week for his proposed Flaming Gorge Pipeline.