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» Commission's Responsibilities
  • Approval of rates for wholesale sales of electricity and transmission in interstate commerce for jurisdictional utilities, power marketers, power pools, power exchanges and independent system operators.
  • Oversight of the issuance of certain stock and debt securities, assumption of obligations and liabilities, and mergers.
  • Review of officer and director positions held between top officials at utility companies and certain firms with which they do business.
  • Review of rates set by the federal power marketing administrations.
  • Review of exempt wholesale generator status.
  • Certification of qualifying small power production and cogeneration facilities.

 Order No. 1000 - Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation  Electric Reliability
 
  • May 16, 2013 - Items E-1, E-2 & E-4: FERC Accepts ISO-NE, NTTG Order No. 1000 Compliance Filings, Requires Revisions News Release | Commissioners' Statements: Moeller and Clark | Decisions: E-1 PDF, E-2 PDF and E-4 PDF


  • April 18, 2013 - Items E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5 & E-13: FERC Accepts CAISO, NYISO Order No. 1000 Compliance Plans, Requires Further Filings News Release | Decisions: E-1 PDF, E-2 PDF, E-3 PDF, E-5 PDF and E-13 PDF


  • See our full list Compliance Filings & Orders
 
  • May 16, 2013 - Item E-9: FERC seeks comment on remanding the proposed interpretation of Reliability Standard BAL-002-1, Disturbance Control Performance, Requirements R4 and R5, back to NERC NOPR PDF

  • May 16, 2013 - Item E-8: FERC seeks comment on Standard TPL-001-4, which includes a provision that would allow a transmission planner to plan for non-consequential load loss NOPR PDF

  • May 16, 2013 - Item E-5: FERC Orders Development of Reliability Standards for Geomagnetic Disturbances News Release | Commissioners' Statements: Norris and LaFleur | Order No. 779 PDF


  • May 16, 2013 - Item A-4: FERC Staff Presents the 2013 Summer Market and Reliability Assessment PDF


 
     



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ELECTRIC SECTION
Annual Charges
The Commission receives an annual appropriation from Congress to defray its operating costs. Read More
Safety & Inspections
Once Electricity projects become operational, safety is regulated, monitored and enforced by the state in which the project resides. Read More
Environment
While FERC has jurisdiction over hydropower projects, FERC has no authority over the construction or maintenance of power generating plants and has significant limited jurisdiction over transmission line siting. Read More
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Updated: May 17, 2013