The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a sweeping Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) proposing to dramatically reform its regulations that implement the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).
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FERC Review Finds Few Regulations That Burden Energy Production
FERC recently reviewed its regulations to determine if they “potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources, with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear energy resources,” as required Executive Order 13783.
In conducting this review, FERC focused on the following four jurisdictional areas:
- Hydropower Licensing
- Liquid Natural Gas (“LNG”) Facility and Natural Gas Pipeline and Storage Facility Siting
- Centralized Electric Capacity Market Policies in PJM, ISO-NE, and NYISO
- Generator Interconnection Policies