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Interest Rates for Refunds
The Commission is revising its regulations governing the interest rates used in calculating refunds. Because the Federal Reserve no longer publishes Statistical Release G. 13, which was previously referenced in the Commission's regulations, and Statistical Release G. 13 has been superseded by Statistical Release H. 15, this Final Rule revises...
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Sales of Electric Power to the Bonneville Power Administration; Revisions to Average System Cost Methodology
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission grants final approval to the revised methodology for determining the average system cost (ASC) used by Bonneville Power Administration in its Residential Exchange Program.
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Wholesale Competition in Regions With Organized Electric Markets
In this order on rehearing, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) affirms its basic determinations in Order No. 719, Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets, which amended Commission regulations to improve the operation of organized wholesale electric markets in four areas: Demand response, including...
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Market-Based Rates For Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is granting in part and denying in part the requests for rehearing and clarification of its determinations in Order No. 697-B, which granted rehearing and clarification of certain revisions to Commission regulations and to the standards for obtaining and retaining market-based rate authority for sales of...
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Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affirms its basic determinations in Order No. 697-A, granting rehearing and clarification regarding certain revisions to its regulations and to the standards for obtaining and retaining market-based rate authority for sales of energy, capacity and ancillary services to ensure that such sales are just and...
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Sales of Electric Power to the Bonneville Power Administration; Revisions to Average System Cost Methodology
The Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) has submitted for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission)'s approval a new methodology for determining the average system cost (ASC) of a utility's resources under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act). Bonneville requested that the...
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Electronic Tariff Filings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is revising its regulations to require that all tariffs and tariff revisions and rate change applications for the public utilities, natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines and power administrations be filed electronically according to a set of standards developed in conjunction with the North American Energy...
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Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities; Order Requesting Supplemental Comments
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission), in response to requests for rehearing of Order No. 697-A, intends to revise the definition of the term ``affiliate'' adopted in Order No. 697-A and codified in the Commission's regulations, and seeks supplemental comments on this issue.
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Cross-Subsidization Restrictions on Affiliate Transactions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is granting rehearing and clarification, in part, of a final rule amending its regulations to codify restrictions on affiliate transactions between franchised public utilities that have captive customers, or that own or provide transmission service over jurisdictional transmission facilities, and their...
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Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities
In this order on rehearing, the Commission affirms its basic determinations in Order No. 697, and grants rehearing and clarification regarding certain revisions to its regulations and to the standards for obtaining and retaining market-based rate authority for sales of energy, capacity and ancillary services to ensure that such sales are just...
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Electronic Tariff Filings
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is proposing to revise its previous Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for electronic tariff filing. The revised proposal would require that all tariffs and tariff revisions and rate change applications for the public utility, natural gas pipeline, and oil pipeline industries be filed electronically according...
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Wholesale Competition in Regions With Organized Electric Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is proposing to amend its regulations under the Federal Power Act to improve the operation of organized wholesale electric markets in the areas of: Demand response and market pricing during a period of operating reserve shortage; long-term power contracting; market- monitoring policies; and...
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Cross-Subsidization Restrictions on Affiliate Transactions
In this Final Rule, pursuant to sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to codify restrictions on affiliate transactions between franchised public utilities that have captive customers or that own or provide transmission service over jurisdictional...
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Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affirms its basic determinations in Order No. 890, granting rehearing and clarification regarding certain revisions to its regulations and the pro forma open- access transmission tariff, or OATT, adopted in Order Nos. 888 and 889 to ensure that transmission services are provided on a basis that is just,...
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Cross-Subsidization Restrictions on Affiliate Transactions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is proposing to amend its regulations pursuant to sections 205 and 206 of the Federal Power Act to codify restrictions on affiliate transactions between franchised public utilities with captive customers and their market-regulated power sales affiliates or non-utility affiliates. The...
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Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales of Electric Energy, Capacity and Ancillary Services by Public Utilities
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to revise Subpart H to Part 35 of Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations governing market-based rates for public utilities pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA). The Commission is codifying and, in certain respects, revising its current standards for...
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Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending the regulations and the pro forma open access transmission tariff adopted in Order Nos. 888 and 889 to ensure that transmission services are provided on a basis that is just, reasonable and not unduly discriminatory or preferential. The final rule is designed to: Strengthen the pro forma...
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Promoting Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform
In this order on rehearing, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) reaffirms its determinations in part and grants rehearing in part of Promoting Transmission Investment through Pricing Reform, Order No. 679. Order No. 679 amended Commission regulations to establish incentive-based (including performance-based) rate treatments for...
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Long-Term Firm Transmission Rights in Organized Electricity Markets
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is amending its regulations under the Federal Power Act to require transmission organizations that are public utilities with organized electricity markets to make available long-term firm transmission rights that satisfy certain guidelines adopted by the Commission in this Final Rule. The Commission is...
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Promoting Transmission Investment Through Pricing Reform
In this Final Rule, pursuant to the requirements of the Transmission Infrastructure Investment provisions in section 1241 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which adds a new section 219 to the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is amending its regulations to establish incentive-based (including...