Volume 2 | February 2020

February 2020 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.

OGC Reorganization to Speed Landowner Rehearings

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee built on his September 2019 pledge to prioritize rehearing requests

involving landowners when he announced the Office of General Counsel will reorganize to

expeditiously process requests for rehearing of Natural Gas Act section 7 certificate orders filed by

affected landowners.

News Release

Cloud Services and Virtualization Inquiry

FERC is seeking comments on the potential benefits and risks associated with the use of

virtualization and cloud computing services in the operation of the nation’s bulk electric system. The

Notice of Inquiry asks whether the Commission’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability

Standards allow for these technology advancements and balance the innovations with security

requirements.

News Release | Presentation

FERC Protects Competition, Supplies in NYISO

FERC acted to support competition in the New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s capacity

market by improving the buyer-side market power mitigation rules to send accurate price signals to

markets and to ensure adequate supplies for consumers.

News Release

FERC To Convene Technical Conferences in June

On June 23, 24 and 25, FERC will hold a technical conference on Increasing Real-Time and DayAhead Market Efficiency and Enhancing Resilience Through Improved Software. 

Notice | Event Details

On June 25, FERC will hold a technical conference on the reliability of the bulk-power system.

Notice | Event Details

FERC 2021 Budget Request

FERC submitted its FY 2021 Congressional Performance Budget Request, FY 2020 Annual

Performance Plan and FY 2019 Annual Performance Report to Congress on February 10.

Report

A Look Ahead February 26, 2020 – Commissioner McNamee speaks at the DOE Electric Advisory

Committee meeting (Arlington, VA)

February 27, 2020 – Commissioner Glick speaks at the WIRES Policy Meeting

March 3, 2020 – Technical Conference regarding Ship Shoal Pipeline Company (Docket No.

IS20-83-000) (Washington, DC) Event Details

March 3, 2020 – Chairman Chatterjee speaks at CERC Luncheon Roundtable

(New Delhi, India)

March 4, 2020 – Chairman Chatterjee speaks at ISGF's Smart Utility Week, "Regulations
March 4, 2020 – Commissioner Glick speaks at the ACORE Policy Forum (Washington, DC)

March 5, 2020 – Commissioner McNamee speaks at FERC Watch (@FERCWatch)

March 10, 2020 – Chairman Chatterjee speaks at the Supporting U.S. LNG Exports Through

Global Gas Infrastructure Development Conference (Houston, TX)

March 12, 2020 – Chairman Chatterjee speaks at CERAWeek (Houston, TX)

March 12, 2020 – Commissioner McNamee is part of a panel discussion at CERAWeek

(Houston, TX)

March 12, 2020 – Commission Glick speaks before Americans for a Clean Energy Grid

(Arlington, VA)

March 19, 2020 – Open Commission Meeting (Washington, DC) Event Details

March 24 - 26, 2020 – Technical Conference regarding Revisions to the Filing Process for

Commission Forms (Docket No RM19-12-000) (Washington, DC) Event Details

Open Access Podcast: FERC Looks to Speed Landowner Rehearing Process

Guests Holly Cafer and Joshua Hurwitz of FERC’s Office of General Counsel discuss

FERC’s new efforts to improve the rehearing process for landowners affected by natural gas

projects, and about landowners assistance options from the FERC Dispute Resolution

Service and its Landowner Helpline.

Decisions & Notices Delegated Orders & Notices | Notational Orders

Chairman and Commissioners at the February 2020 meeting.

Highlights & Happenings
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