FERC Meeting Agenda Summaries for February 2025
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on February 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
The summaries below are based on publicly available information in the dockets listed on the FERC agenda at the time of publication. For ease of reference, a link to each lead docket on the meeting agenda has been included. The Commission may decide to remove any items from the meeting agenda at any time.
| Item No. | Docket No. | Company |
|---|---|---|
| ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
| A-1 | AD25-1-000 | Agency Administrative Matters |
| A-2 | AD25-2-000 | Customer Matters, Reliability, Security, and Market Operations |
| ELECTRIC | ||
| E-1 | EL25-49-000 (no docket) (consolidated) | PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., et al. Large Loads Co-Located at Generating Facilities Constellation Energy Generation, LLC v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. On November 1, 2024, FERC (the Commission) held a commissioner-led technical conference to discuss issues related to the co-location of large loads at generating facilities. On November 22, 2024, Constellation Energy Generation, LLC (Constellation) submitted a complaint and request for fast track processing seeking a Commission ruling that PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.’s (PJM) Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) is unjust and unreasonable and unduly discriminatory because it does not contain rules for interconnected generators to follow when seeking to provide service to fully isolated co-located load. Constellation requested that the Commission adopt a replacement rate that incorporates into the OATT PJM’s guidance on co-located load (as updated in April 2024). Agenda item E-1 may be a ruling on this complaint and establishment of a new docket to consider these issues further. |
| E-2 | ER24-2018-000 | Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company On May 15, 2024, Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) submitted revisions to attachments M and N of the LG&E/KU Joint Pro Forma Open Access Transmission to comply with the directives of FERC Order No. 2023. Agenda item E-2 may be an order on this filing. |
| E-3 | ER24-2040-000 | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. In May 2024, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) made a compliance filing related to Order No. 2023. Accelergen Energy LLC (Accelergen) submitted limited comment or, in the alternative, limited protest. Agenda item E-3 may be an order on the Tri-State compliance filing. |
| E-4 | ER24-1847-000 | Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company In April 2024, Nevada Power Company (Nevada Power) and Sierra Pacific Power Company (Sierra Pacific), collectively d/b/a NV Energy, made a compliance filing related to Order No. 2023. Naturgy Candela Devco, LLC (Naturgy) filed an emergency motion requesting that the Commission (1) apply a reasonable extension of time to an effective date per the currently-effective Section 6.1.2 of the Large Generator Interconnection Procedures of Nevada Power; (2) find that two provisions of Nevada Power’s Business Practice Manual (BPM) do not satisfy the Federal Power Act (FPA) and should be modified as described below; and (3) clarify application of the three-year suspension right under the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) for interconnection queue participants. Agenda item E-4 could be an order on the NV Energy compliance filing. |
| E-5 | ER24-2029-000 | Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. In May 2024, Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. (DESC) made a compliance filing related to Order Nos. 2023 and 2023-A. Public interest organizations filed comments requesting that the Commission require DESC to clarify in a future compliance filing that projects in a Resource Solicitation Cluster that are not selected will be exempt from withdrawn penalties. Agenda item E-5 may be an order on the DESC compliance filing. |
| E-6 | ER25-437-000 | California Independent System Operator Corporation On November 14, 2024, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (CAISO) submitted a tariff amendment seeking approval to implement the extended day-ahead market access charge framework in the CAISO balancing authority area. Agenda item E-6 may be an order on CAISO’s tariff revisions. |
| E-7 | EL24-50-000 | Salsa Solar Energy, LLC and Towner Wind Energy III LLC v. Public Service Company of Colorado On December 22, 2023, Salsa Solar Energy, LLC and Towner Wind Energy III, LLC (Invenergy) filed a complaint against the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo). Invenergy’s complaint alleged that PSCo improperly set aside transmission capacity for PSCo’s own unqueued generation resources ahead of Invenergy’s queued generation projects contrary to FERC’s open access transmission policies and PSCo’s OATT. Agenda item E-7 may be an order on Invenergy’s complaint. |
| E-8 | (not consolidated) | Atlantic City Electric Company and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Commonwealth Edison Company and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Delmarva Power & Light Company and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. PECO Energy Company and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Potomac Electric Power Company and PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. On December 20, 2024, Atlantic City Electric Company, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Commonwealth Edison Company, Delmarva Power & Light Company, PECO Energy Company, and Potomac Electric Power Company (the Exelon Utilities) filed a response to a FERC deficiency letter and revised tariff sheets seeking amendment to each of the Exelon Utilities’ attachment H to the PJM OATT meant to respond to co-located load at the sites of nuclear facilities in the Exelon Utilites’ zones in PJM. Agenda item E-8 may be an order on the Exelon Utilities’ deficiency filings. |
| E-9 | (not consolidated) | North American Electric Reliability Corporation On November 4, 2024, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted for FERC approval in three separate dockets: (1) a new definition of the term “inverter-based resource” (IBR) for inclusion in the Glossary of Terms used in NERC Reliability Standards; (2) Reliability Standards PRC-002-5 – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements and PRC-028-1 – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements for IBRs, intended to advance the reliability of the bulk-power system (BPS) by ensuring that adequate data from both synchronous generating resources and IBRs is available to facilitate the analysis of disturbances on the BPS, and that adequate data is available from IBRs to evaluate ride-through performance during disturbances; and (3) Reliability Standard PRC-030-1 – Unexpected Inverter-Based Resource Event Mitigation, intended to advance the reliability of the BPS by requiring generator owners to identify, analyze, and mitigate IBR performance issues. |
| E-10 | RD25-4-000 | North American Electric Reliability Corporation On December 17, 2024, NERC submitted a request for approval of a proposed Reliability Standard TPL-008-1 – Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements for Extreme Temperature Events. Agenda E-10 may be an order on NERC’s request. |
| E-11 | IN79-6-000 | Form 580 - Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices and DTE Electric Company On October 31, 2024, DTE Electric Company submitted a partial waiver of the requirement to respond to the 2024 FERC Form 580 Interrogatory on Fuel and Energy Purchase Practices. Agenda E-11 may be an order on DTE Electric Company’s waiver request. |
| E-12 | EL24-127-000 | Great Basin Transmission, LLC On July 11, 2024, Great Basin Transmission, LLC submitted a petition for declaratory order authorizing two transmission rate incentives for the Southwest Intertie Project-North (SWIP-North) Transmission Line and certain associated upgrades to the existing One Nevada 500 kV Transmission Line (ON Line) (collectively, the Project). The requested incentives are (1) full recovery of prudently incurred costs if the Project is abandoned for reasons beyond Great Basin's control and (2) deferred recovery of prudently incurred pre-commercial costs through the creation of a regulatory asset. Agenda item E-12 may be a declaratory order in response to Great Basin's petition. |
| E-13 | Talen Energy Marketing, LLC Brandon Shores LLC Brunner Island, LLC Camden Plant Holding, L.L.C. Dartmouth Power Associates Limited Partnership H.A. Wagner LLC LMBE Project Company LLC MC Project Company LLC Montour, LLC Susquehanna Nuclear, LLC On June 30, 2023, market-based rate (MBR) sellers and subsidiaries of Talen Energy Corporation (collectively, the Talen Northeast MBR Sellers) filed a joint triennial market power update for the Northeast region and requested an order finding that Talen Northeast MBR Sellers continue to satisfy the Commission's requirements for market-based rate authorization. On September 15, 2023, PJM submitted comments on multiple triennial filings, including this filing from Talen Northeast MBR Sellers, stating that the current PJM market rules are insufficient to support the presumption of effective market monitoring upon which various entities' MBR filings rely. Agenda item E-13 may be an order on the Talen Northeast MBR Sellers' triennial filing. | |
| E-14 | Calpine Energy Services, L.P. Bethpage Energy Center 3, LLC Calpine Bethlehem, LLC Calpine Community Energy, LLC Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P. Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC Calpine Fore River Energy Center, LLC Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC Calpine Mid-Atlantic Marketing, LLC Calpine Mid Merit, LLC Calpine Mid-Merit II, LLC Calpine New Jersey Generation, LLC Calpine Northeast Development, LLC Calpine PowerAmerica - CA, LLC Calpine Vineland Solar, LLC CES Marketing IX, LLC CES Marketing X, LLC Champion Energy, LLC Champion Energy Marketing LLC Champion Energy Services, LLC CPN Bethpage 3rd Turbine, Inc. Granite Ridge Energy, LLC KIAC Partners Nissequogue Cogen Partners North American Power and Gas, LLC North American Power Business, LLC Power Contract Financing, L.L.C. TBG Cogen Partners Westbrook Energy Center, LLC Zion Energy LLC On June 30, 2023, market-based rate sellers and indirect subsidiaries of Calpine Corporation (collectively, the Calpine MBR Sellers) filed a joint triennial market power analysis for the Northeast region and requested an order finding that the Calpine MBR Sellers continue to satisfy the Commission’s requirements for market-based rate authorization. On September 15, 2023, PJM submitted comments on multiple triennial filings, including this filing from Talen Northeast MBR Sellers, stating that the current PJM market rules are insufficient to support the presumption of effective market monitoring upon which various entities' MBR filings rely. Agenda item E-14 may be an order on the Calpine MBR Seller's triennial filing. | |
| E-15 | Alabama Electric Marketing, LLC Berkshire Power Company, LLC California Electric Marketing, LLC LQA, LLC New Mexico Electric Marketing, LLC Tenaska Energia de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. Tenaska Pennsylvania Partners, LLC Tenaska Power Management, LLC Tenaska Power Services Co. Tenaska Virginia Partners, L.P. Texas Electric Marketing, LLC On June 28, 2023, market-based rate sellers and indirect subsidiaries of Tenaska Energy, Inc. (collectively, the Tenaska MBR Sellers) filed a joint triennial market power analysis for the Northeast region and requested an order finding that the Tenaska MBR Sellers continue to satisfy the Commission’s requirements for market-based rate authorization. On September 15, 2023, PJM submitted comments on multiple triennial filings, including this filing from Talen Northeast MBR Sellers, stating that the current PJM market rules are insufficient to support the presumption of effective market monitoring upon which various entities' MBR filings rely. Agenda item E-15 may be an order on the Tenaska MBR Sellers triennial filing. | |
| E-16 | Atlantic City Electric Company Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Commonwealth Edison Company Delmarva Power & Light Company PECO Energy Company Potomac Electric Power Company On December 29, 2022, Exelon Corporation (on behalf of its above-captioned public utility subsidiaries; together, the Exelon Entities) submitted its triennial market power analysis filing, including a request for renewed market-based rate authorizations as Category 2 sellers in the Northeast region. On September 15, 2023, PJM submitted comments on multiple triennial filings, including this filing from Talen Northeast MBR Sellers, stating that the current PJM market rules are insufficient to support the presumption of effective market monitoring upon which various entities' MBR filings rely. Agenda item E-16 may be an order on the Exelon Entities’ triennial filing and request for renewed MBR authority. | |
| E-17 | TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc. Antrim Wind Energy LLC Big Level Wind LLC TransAlta Energy Marketing Corporation On December 30, 2022, the above-captioned entities (together, the TransAlta Sellers) submitted their triennial market power analysis filing, requesting continued approval of its market-based rate authority in the Northeast region. On February 13, 2023, PJM submitted comments on multiple triennial filings, including this filing from the TransAlta Sellers, stating that the current PJM market rules are insufficient to support the presumption of effective market monitoring upon which the various entities’ MBR filings rely. Agenda item E-17 may be an order on the TransAlta Sellers’ triennial filing and request for renewed MBR authority. | |
