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The US government body which regulates US interstate energy markets.
The Commission issues and regulates licenses for construction and operation of non-federal hydroelectric projects and advises federal agencies on the merits of proposed federal multipurpose water development projects.
The agency that regulates the transportation of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and authorizes the buying and selling of energy commodities at market-based rates.
The federal agency regulating price, terms and conditions of power sold in interstate commerce and that of all transmission services. FERC is the federal counterpart to state utility regulatory commissions (often called PUCs).
An independent commission responsible for regulating wholesale electric power transactions and interstate transmission and sale of natural gas for resale. FERC is the federal counterpart to state utility regulatory commissions.
A federal executive agency responsible for regulating the activities of key portions of the nation’s natural gas utilities, electric utilities, natural gas pipeline transportation utilities, and hydroelectric power producers.
An independent Federal regulatory agency charged with regulating rates charged by public utilities, including electric and natural gas utilities. Click here to visit the FERC's web site.
An independent federal agency within the United States Department of Energy that regulates the interstate transmission of natural gas, oil, and electricity
The federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification. FERC is an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy and is the successor to the Federal Power Commission.
FERC): An independent regulatory commission within the U.S. Department of Energy that has jurisdiction over energy producers that sell or transport fuels for resale in interstate commerce; the authority to set oil and gas pipeline transportation rates and to set the value of oil and gas pipelines for ratemaking purposes; and regulates wholesale electric rates and hydroelectric plant licenses.
Federal agency that regulates the price, terms and conditions of energy sold through interstate commerce and all transmission services. FERC regulates sales and transportation of natural gas, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing and oil pipeline rates.
An independent, five-member commission appointed by the President of the United States. Within the Department of Energy, the FERC is responsible for setting rates and charges for the transportation and sale of natural gas and electricity; licensing hydroelectric power projects; and establishing rates or charges for pipeline transportation of oil. Please refer to the FERC website.
The federal regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that regulates prices and conditions of interstate transmission and sale of electricity and natural gas.
A quasi-independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy having jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas transmission and related services pricing, oil pipeline rates and gas pipeline certification. With respect to the natural gas industry, the general regulatory principles of the FERC are defined in the Natural Gas Act (NGA), the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA) and the Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act.
An independent agency within the United States Department of Energy that regulates the wholesale electric and natural gas industries on the interstate level.
An independent agency created within the Department of Energy (October 1, 1977), FERC is vested with broad regulatory authority. Virtually every facet of electric and natural gas production, transmission and sales conducted by private, investor-owned utilities, corporations or public marketing agencies was placed under FERC purview through either direct or indirect jurisdiction if any aspect of their operations were conducted in interstate commerce. As successor to the former Federal Power Commission (FPC), the FERC inherited practically all the FPC's interstate regulatory functions over the electric power and natural gas industries.
An independent regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that has jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electricity rates, natural gas and oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification. It also licenses and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectric projects and oversees related environmental matters.
The U.S. government agency that regulates the price, terms, and conditions of transmission services and wholesale sales of electricity. For example, FERC sets and enforces the wholesale electric rates that investor-owned utility generators charge their wholesale customers.
The independent, Washington, D.C.-based regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of Energy that approves rates for wholesale electricity transactions and regulates the transmission of electricity in interstate commerce for utilities, power marketers, power pools, power exchanges and independent system operators.
the US government body that regulates US interstate energy markets.
The regulatory agency, in the U.S. Department of Energy, that has jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale rates, licensing, etc.
Federal counterpart to state utility regulatory commissions. FERC regulates the prices, terms, and conditions of power sold in interstate commerce. FERC also regulates the prices, terms, and conditions of all transmission services.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is an independent agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil. FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines as well as licensing hydropower projects.
Formerly the Federal Power Commission (FPC). FERC is an independent body within the Department of Energy regulating interstate transmission, prices of electricity and natural gas. It also licenses hydroelectric projects, interconnections, construction work in progress, rates for wholesale customers, utility accounting practices and procedures.
A federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales and wholesale electric rates (among others).
The Federal agency with jurisdiction over natural gas pricing, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification.
The federal agency responsible for the regulation of the production, transmission and sale of natural Gas (as well as for the production, transmission and sale of electric power and the transportation of oil).
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulates the price, terms, and conditions of power sold in interstate commerce and regulates the price, terms and conditions of all transmission services. FERC is the federal counterpart to state utility regulatory commissions.
The governing federal agency responsible for overseeing the licensing/relicensing and operation of hydroelectric projects in the United States.
(FERC)--An independent regulatory body within the federal Department of Energy which regulates interstate gas and electric rates and facilities, as well as hydroelectric plant licenses.
An agency of the government of the United States created by an Act of Congress, the Department of Energy Organization Act, in 1977. This Act transferred to the FERC most of the former Federal Power Commission's interstate regulatory functions over the electric power and natural gas industries. The Act also transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commission the authority to set oil pipeline transportation rates and to set the value of oil pipelines for ratemaking purposes. In 1978, Congress passed the Natural Energy Act, broadening the FERC's jurisdiction and regulatory functions. The FERC now also regulates producer sales of natural gas in intrastate commerce. The FERC establishes uniform ceiling prices for each of several categories of natural gas, and these prices apply to all sales on a nationwide basis.
An agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, it is the federal counterpart to state utility regulatory commissions in the United States. FERC is responsible for regulating the interstate transmission of natural gas, oil by pipeline, and electricity. They also provide licenses, inspect hydroelectric projects, and oversee some environmental matters.
This is an independent regulatory agency within the U.S. DOE that has jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, natural gas pricing, oil pipeline rates, and gas pipeline certification. It also licenses and inspects private, municipal, and state hydroelectric projects and oversees related environmental matters.
A federal agency, within the Department of Energy, formed in 977. The role of FERC is to regulate Interstate trading and transmission of electrical power. FERC was given wide powers under the EPAct of 1992 to create an open access electrical transmission system.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. FERC also reviews and authorizes liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, interstate natural gas pipelines and non-federal hydropower projects.