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FERC approves PennEast pipeline

Jan 26, 2018 12:13 PM

The controversial PennEast pipeline, a 120-mile natural gas line that would cut through Northampton County on its way from the Marcellus Shale production area to New Jersey, received federal approval Jan. 19. In its 106-page decision, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said the market benefits PennEast will provide outweigh any adverse effects it could have on existing shippers, other pipelines, landowners and communities.

House GOP looks to give FERC final say on natural gas exports

Jan 25, 2018 12:23 PM

Republicans and Democrats sparred Jan. 19 over legislation to make the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the gatekeeper for approving natural gas exports.

FERC's McIntyre says tax cut issues on the table

Jan 23, 2018 12:24 PM

Chairman Kevin McIntyre said yesterday that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is looking into what the agency could do to ensure that rates paid by consumers reflect the large decline in the federal corporate tax rate enacted late last year.

Regulatory ruling leaves energy companies wondering what future holds

Jan 19, 2018 12:26 PM

Should electricity customers have to keep paying extra each month to subsidize noncompetitive nuclear and coal plants?

Final tax law suspends energy cuts to Western states

Jan 17, 2018 12:28 PM

Western states no longer have to worry about losing millions in energy royalties due to the high cost of the new tax package.

FERC proposes mandatory reporting of attempted cybersecurity compromises

Jan 16, 2018 12:32 PM

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has proposed a revision of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards to enhance awareness of existing or developing cybersecurity threats to the nation’s energy infrastructure.

Europes power generation industry evolves

Jan 12, 2018 12:34 PM

The European Union (EU) is unequivocally continuing down a path of global climate and energy leadership while bringing online more carbon-neutral fuel systems throughout its 28 member states, closing in on the 2020 goal of a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from 1990 levels.

FERC: Demand response fell 10 percent in power markets in 2016

Jan 11, 2018 12:38 PM

A new analysis by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concludes that in organized wholesale markets, demand response was called on to meet 5.7 percent of peak demand in 2016

Trump's huge offshore drilling plan unlikely to spark a 'gold rush' for energy industry

Jan 10, 2018 12:39 PM

The Trump administration made waves on Thursday by announcing it will open virtually all federal offshore waters to oil and gas drilling.

FERC rejects DOE NOPR, kicking resilience issue to grid operators

Jan 09, 2018 12:40 PM

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday rejected a proposal from the Department of Energy to subsidize to coal and nuclear plants, instead turning to regional grid operators to assess how best to enhance the resilience of the power system.