FERC proposes revisions to the pricing of ancillary service power products *

USA - July 18 2012
In an effort to advance competitive markets for the sales of certain electric power products that are necessary to support the transmission of electricity, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to change its current rules governing the sales of such “ancillary services.”

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FERC proposes to revise definition of “Bulk Electric System” for determining who must comply with federal reliability standards *

USA - July 9 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) to revise the definition of “Bulk Electric System” (BES).

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FERC finalizes rule to facilitate the integration of renewable generation resources into the electric grid, which may have broader benefits *

USA - June 28 2012
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), on June 22, 2012, issued Order No. 764 that adopts provisions to facilitate the integration of Variable Energy Resources (VERs) into the U.S. electric system.

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FERC proposes to replace “outmoded” EQR system *

USA - June 21 2012
On June 21, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to eliminate the current Electronic Quarterly Reports (EQR) system used by public utilities to report to FERC required electricity data on a quarterly basis.

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FERC’s Order No. 1000-A tests jurisdictional limits in continuing effort to expand transmission access *

USA - June 1 2012
On May 17, 2012, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued Order No. 1000-A that denies the many rehearing requests of its Order No. 1000.

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