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Recent News About U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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FERC is exploring the issue of oil pipeline capacity allocation problems that can arise when irregular events or factors, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, affect demand for oil pipeline capacity.
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FERC today launched an inquiry to examine whether the use of dynamic line ratings (DLRs), which are based on a wide range of weather and line-specific factors affecting the operation of electric transmission lines, would help ensure just and reasonable wholesale rates by improving the accuracy and transparency of line ratings.
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Item C-1 is a draft Updated Policy Statement on the certification of new interstate natural gas facilities which will inform the public as to how the Commission will determine whether a proposed natural gas project “is or will be required by the public convenience and necessity,” as that standard is established in section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.
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Item C-2 is an Interim Policy Statement on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews.
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Today the Commission issued an order involving the Atlantic Bridge Pipeline Project, and more specifically, a compressor station located in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
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FERC today proposed to strengthen its Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards by requiring internal network security monitoring (INSM) for high- and medium-impact bulk electric system cyber systems.
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Item E-1 is a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) that proposes, pursuant to section 215(d)(5) of the Federal Power Act, to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to develop and submit for Commission approval new or modified Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards that require internal network security monitoring for high and medium impact Bulk Electric System (BES) Cyber Systems.
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FERC today established a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge to address whether Rover Pipeline, LLC and parent company Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. violated the Commission’s regulations and to make factual findings on certain issues relevant to a civil penalty assessment.
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FERC today revised the index level used to determine annual changes to interstate oil pipeline rate ceilings.
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FERC Chairman Richard Glick appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy today to highlight the need for mandatory pipeline reliability standards, as well as to discuss the Energy Product Reliability Act (H.R. 6084).
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The power failures of Winter Storm Uri must never happen again, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)'s chairman said in a recent news release.
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FERC’s energy market enforcement activity increased in fiscal year 2021, with the opening of 12 new investigations and the negotiation of eight settlements totaling $6.4 million in disgorgement and penalties, according to the 2021 Annual Report on Enforcement.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff has issued a draft environmental impact statement for the Delta Lateral Project in Millard County, Utah, recently, stating the project would disturb a total 540.5 acres of land and open water.