Items Tagged with 'FERC'

Power grid operator announced that its reopened queue of proposed new interconnections includes applications from 811 projects totaling 220 GW.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans action on proposal to expand oversight of AI-driven data center grid connections as utilities accelerate transmission upgrades.

Private equity firm Littlejohn is backing grid consultant GDS as interconnection queues and power demand reshape when transmission, generation and substation projects reach construction.

Contract value was not disclosed, but contractor will be paid “reimbursable sum” for phase-two work on Calcasieu Pass 2 project in Louisiana. 

Push for larger federal role to expedite grid connections is set to finalize by April 2026, but states and utilities worry about power overload, reliability and ratepayer cost hikes and want more time to study impacts—as administration moves to curb state role in AI regulation.

Federal regulators reshape path for one of the Gulf Coast’s largest LNG projects—with the decision influencing how construction unfolds.

Federal hub added Kinder Morgan's South System Expansion 4 and Mississippi Crossing projects for FAST-41 permit approval eligibility

Final agency rule, to take effect Nov. 10, removes regulations enacted by the Biden administration to better protect landowner rights and address concerns that projects could cause irreversible harm before challenges were resolved. 

New top energy project regulator is described as a 'centrist" Democrat who takes a pragmatic approach, but some environmental groups are wary that he won't support all renewable energy. 

Multiple agencies updated their NEPA procedures after the White House Council on Environmental Quality rescinded its regulations related to the law.