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September 12, 2008 - Staff issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Big Creek Projects (P-120-020, P-67-113, P-2175-014 and P-2085-014) Read More

September 11, 2008 - Chairman Kelliher testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality on Protecting the Electric Grid from Cyber-Security Threats Testimony PDF | Event Details

September 3, 2008 - Chairman Kelliher testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development on Energy Supply and Constraints in Western North Dakota Testimony PDF | Event Details

August 29, 2008 - FERC cites substantial progress in sixth Alaska Pipeline Report to Congress News Release | Report PDF

August 29, 2008 - Staff issues Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Jordan Cove Energy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project (CP07-441-000 and CP07-444-000) Read More

August 19, 2008 - 2009 Commission Open Meeting Schedule announced News Release

July 31, 2008 - Chairman Kelliher testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the state of the nation’s transmission grid Testimony PDF | Event Details

July 18, 2008 - Staff issue Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Holtwood Hydroelectric Project (P-1881) Read More

July 17, 2008 - Item E-1, E-2, E-3 & E-4: FERC accepts transmission planning compliance filings from Western providers News Release | Chairman's Statement | Commissioner's Statement: Moeller's, Spitzer's and Wellinghoff's | Decisions E-1 PDF, E-2 PDF, E-3 PDF and E-4 PDF

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    From Chairman Kelliher  
September 11, 2008 - “Protecting the Electric Grid from Cyber Security Threats”
The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005) authorized the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to approve and enforce mandatory reliability standards, including cyber security standards, to protect and improve the reliability of the bulk power system. These reliability standards are proposed to the Commission by the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) (the North American Electric Reliability Corporation or NERC), after an open and inclusive stakeholder process. The Commission cannot author the standards or make any modifications, and instead must either approve the proposed standards or remand them to NERC. FERC is well underway in implementing the new law, including now having in place an initial set of cyber security standards, for which full compliance is not required until 2010.
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  Hydrokinetic Energy Technology
Commission announces pilot project licensing process for new hydropower technologies Read More | White Paper PDF
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  Electric Reliability
"Mandatory and enforceable reliability standards and a strong reliability regime are critical elements of the Commission's new regulatory authority over the reliability of the nation's bulk power system, which Congress enacted in the Energy Policy Act of 2005" Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher, September 20, 2007. Visit our Electric Reliability Section
  Transmission Line Siting
Congress gave FERC authority to backstop states in siting transmission lines used for interstate commerce in corridors designated by the Department of Energy as being "in the National Interest". States retain primary jurisdiction for siting transmission, even in these corridors. FERC becomes involved in transmission siting only in certain situations where states do not or cannot site the facilities. Visit our Transmission Line Siting Section

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