Volume 3 | July/August 2019

July/August 2019 Highlights

The FERC insight gives you a monthly snapshot of FERC news – you get the latest news from the monthly Commission

meeting and schedules for upcoming conferences and Commissioners’ speeches/presentations, as well as links to

Commission orders, notices and new reports. The next FERC insight, Volume 4, will publish after the September 19, 2019,

Commission meeting.

 

FERC to Create New LNG Division, Open Houston Regional Office

Chairman Neil Chatterjee has announced that the agency is creating a new division in its

Office of Energy Projects to accommodate the growing number and complexity of

applications to site, build and operate liquefied natural gas export terminals. 

Read more>

 

FERC Streamlines Processes for Market-Based Rate Sellers

FERC finalized two rules intended to ease the regulatory burden for electric power

sellers with market-based rate authority, while ensuring the Commission continues to

prevent the potential exercise of market power. Read more> 

FERC & NERC Release Report on Jan 2018 Extreme Cold Weather

Event

FERC and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) have released a

joint staff report that once again stresses the need for generation owners and operators

to adequately prepare for winter weather conditions to ensure bulk electric system

reliability. Read More> Report>

Chairman Chatterjee Talks Electricity Storage

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee joined the FERC Open Access podcast in July to

discuss the game-changing nature of electricity storage technologies and what FERC is

doing to help ensure those technologies are part of a competitive wholesale power

market. Listen Here>

Keeping The Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats To The Grid

OER Director J. Andrew Dodge testified before the House Energy and Commerce

Subcommittee on Energy on “Keeping the Lights On: Addressing Cyber Threats to the

Grid”. Watch Here>

July Marks Commissioner LaFleur's Final Commission Meeting

She’s been Chairman, Acting Chairman and Commissioner. Cheryl LaFleur celebrated

her final Commission meeting at FERC after nine years, one of our longest-serving

Commissioners. Current /former staff and current/former Commissioners provided
heartfelt messages and stories of the unwavering guidance and dedication

Commissioner LaFleur has provided to the agency. We wish her the best in her

future endeavors, and will miss her New England pride!

Chairman Neil Chatterjee Statement> Lafleur Announcement Tweet>

A Look Ahead § July 30, 2019 – Dentons Global Energy Horizons Summit, Washington

DC, Commissioner LaFleur will be speaking (Event Details)

§ August 6, 2019 – FERC Environmental Review and Compliance for

Natural Gas Facilities Seminar, Providence, RI (Event Details)

§ August 14-15, 2019 – FERC Staff lead Emergency Action Plan

Exercise (EAP) Design Course in Colorado Springs, CO (Event

Details)

§ September 10-11, 2019 – FERC To Convene a Technical Conference

on Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Washington DC (Event

Details)

§ September 11, 2019 – National Coal Council Keynote Dinner,

Washington DC, Chairman Neil Chatterjee will be speaking (Event

Details)

§ September 12, 2019 – NYT DealBook DC Strategy Forum, Washington

DC, Chairman Neil Chatterjee will be speaking

§ September 16-17, 2019 – GasTech 2019, Houston, TX, Chairman Neil

Chatterjee and Commissioner Bernard McNamee will be speaking

(Event Details)

§ September 17, 2019 – PJM Footprint Roundtable, Washington DC,

Commissioner Bernard McNamee will be speaking (Event Details).

§ September 17, 2019 – IPPNY 34th Annual Fall Conference, Gideon

Putnam Saratoga Springs, NY, Commissioner Richard Glick will be

speaking (Event Details)

§ September 19, 2019 – Commission Meeting (Free Webcast)

§ September 23-25, 2019 – Southern States Energy Board 59th Annual

Meeting, Louisville, KY, Chairman Neil Chatterjee will be speaking

(Event Details)

FERC Staff Issues Energy Infrastructure Update for May 2019

This is a monthly review of infrastructure projects under FERC jurisdictional energy

infrastructure. Reports are primarily of an investigative and informational nature.

Report PDF | FERC Staff Reports

Decisions & Notices Delegated Orders & Notices | Notational Orders
Chairman and Commissioners at the July 2019 meeting.

Highlights & Happenings

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