July Open Meeting
Commission meeting are held in Commission Meeting Room (Room 2C) at FERC Headquarters, 888 First St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426
Meeting agenda | ||
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Item No. | Docket No. | Company |
ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
A-1 | AD23-1-000 | Agency Administrative Matters |
A-2 | AD23-2-000 | Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations |
ELECTRIC | ||
E-1 | RM22-14-000 | Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements |
E-2 | RM22-19-001 | Incentives for AdvancedCybersecurity Investment |
E-3 | ER22-2355-000 | GridLiance Heartland LLC |
E-4 | ER22-2354-000 | GridLiance High Plains LLC |
E-5 | ER22-2353-000 | Florida Power & Light Company |
E-6 | ER22-2466-000 | Cube Yadkin Transmission LLC |
E-7 | ER22-2358-001 | Versant Power |
E-8 | ER22-2304-000 | Nevada Power Company |
E-9 | ER22-2307-000 | Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company |
E-10 | ER21-2592-000 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
ER21-2592-001 | ||
EL23-24-000 (not consolidated) | CXA La Paloma, LLC v. California Independent System Operator Corporation | |
E-11 | EL23-69-000 | Secure-the-Grid Coalition |
E-12 | EL23-43-000 | arGo Partners GP LLC |
E-13 | EL23-41-000 | arGo Partners GP LLC |
E-14 | ER23-729-001 | PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. |
EL23-19-001 | ||
HYDRO | ||
H-1 | P-2290-124 | Southern California Edison Company |
H-2 | P-14634-007 | New England Hydropower Company, LLC |
CERTIFICATES | ||
C-1 | CP22-25-000 | Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC |
C-2 | CP20-55-000 | Port Arthur LNG Phase II, LLC and PALNG Common Facilities Company, LLC |
C-3 | CP22-2-000 | Gas Transmission Northwest LLC |
C-4 | CP22-494-000 | Boardwalk Storage Company, LLC |
C-5 | CP22-15-000 | Texas Eastern Transmission, LP |
C-6 | CP22-466-000 | WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. |
C-7 | CP22-138-000 | Northern Natural Gas Company |
C-8 | CP22-461-000 | Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC |
The Peoples' EJ Roundtable
On Wednesday, March 29, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC) is hosting a so-called Environmental Justice Forum throughout the day. Because we don’t think that the FERC forum will produce the results frontline advocates require nor was the event organized to ensure frontline and community-based organizations were truly respected, heard, and included, we’re hosting our own Peoples’ Environmental Justice Roundtable from 5-7p at Busboys & Poets, 450 K St NW, in Washington, DC and online to uplift the voices of communities that are impacted everyday by FERC’s decisions (food and music 5-6p, panel from 6-7p).
At the Peoples’ EJ Roundtable, we’ll spotlight the amazing work happening to challenge the rush to build new LNG and pipelines led by people from frontline communities who are building toward a future without LNG. Leaders will speak about their communities and will have space to reflect on what occurred during the day at the FERC event. Come enjoy great music, food, and conversation as we work toward a day where FERC is an agency that centers climate and environmental justice in its decision making.
Please join us to listen to and support our frontline leaders.
If your organization is interested in crossposting the livestream, please email [email protected]
Roundtable on Environmental Justice and Equity in Infrastructure Permitting
This Commissioner-led roundtable will provide an opportunity for the Commissioners and staff to engage with environmental justice community members, advocates, researchers, industry representatives, and government leaders on actions the Commission can take to better incorporate environmental justice and equity considerations into its decisions.
This discussion will strengthen the Commission’s efforts to identify and address adverse impacts associated with permitting applications for hydroelectric, natural gas pipeline, liquified natural gas, and electric transmission infrastructure subject to FERC jurisdiction. This roundtable will help further the goals of the Commission’s Equity Action Plan, which include reducing barriers to meaningful participation faced by underserved communities and ensuring that the Commission’s natural gas and hydroelectric policies and processes are consistent with environmental justice principles.
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9:30 am – 9:45 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||||||||||
9:45 am – 11:15 am | Panel 1: Priorities for Advancing Environmental Justice and Equity in Infrastructure Permitting
As the Commission continues to advance its consideration of environmental justice and equity concerns in its infrastructure permitting proceedings, this panel will discuss how the Commission can better integrate and advance environmental justice and equity principles in its decision-making. The panel may include a discussion of the following questions:
11:15 am – 11:30 am | Break
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
| Panel 2: From the Front-Line: Impacted Communities and their Challenges
| During this panel, Commissioners will engage with members and representatives of overburdened communities impacted by FERC-jurisdictional infrastructure about the environmental justice challenges they face. The panel may include a discussion of the following questions: Location-Specific Impacts:
Meaningful Engagement:
Panelists: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
| Lunch
| Lunch will not be provided. 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
| Panel 3: Identifying, Avoiding, and Addressing Environmental Justice Impacts
| This panel will discuss how infrastructure applicants, the Commission, and its staff can better identify, avoid, and minimize adverse impacts on environmental justice communities. The panel may include a discussion of the following questions: Cumulative Impacts:
Identifying, Minimizing, and Avoiding Impacts:
Panelists: 3:30 pm |
Closing Remarks
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Virtual Comment Meeting Regarding Line 200 and Line 300 Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) invites you to attend one of the virtual public comment meetings it will conduct by telephone on the Line 200 and Line 300 Project draft environmental impact statement.
Driftwood proposes to construct and operate dual 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipelines originating near the town of Ragley in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana southward to a proposed receiver facility near the town of Carlyss in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
The FERC staff concludes that construction and operation of the Project would result in some adverse environmental impacts. Most of these impacts would be temporary and occur during construction (e.g., impacts on land use, traffic, and noise). With the exception of climate change impacts, that are not characterized in this EIS as significant or insignificant, we conclude that Project effects would not be significant based on implementation of Driftwood’s impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures, as well as their adherence to our recommendations. Other than the non-significant impacts on environmental justice communities associated with the construction and operation of Meter Station 7 and Meter Station 9, we conclude that the Project would not result in disproportionately high or adverse impacts on environmental justice communities.
Docket Nos. CP21-465-000, CP21-465-001, CP21-465-002
Date, Time, and Call-in Information
Thursday, June 16, 2022 5:30 pm (CST)- Call in number: 800-779-8625
- Participant passcode: 3472916
Note that the comment meetings will start at 5:30 pm (CST) and will terminate once all participants wishing to comment have had the opportunity to do so, or at 7:30 pm (CST), whichever comes first. The primary goal of these comment meetings is to have you identify the specific environmental issues and concerns that should be considered in the final environmental impact statement. Individual oral comments will be taken on a one-on-one basis with a court reporter present on the line. This format is designed to receive the maximum amount of oral comments, in a convenient way during the timeframe allotted, and is in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As a reminder, the Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 or [email protected]. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments on a project; You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on “eRegister.” If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select “Comment on a Filing” as the filing type; and You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP21-465-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852
Scoping Meeting Regarding Cat Creek Energy Pumped Storage Hydropower for Resource Agencies, Tribes, and NGOs
FERC is hosting a scoping meeting for the Cat Creek Energy pumped storage hydropower project in Idaho (docket P-14655-002) from 10am-12:00pm Mountain Day Light Time (MDT) (or 12pm to 2pm Eastern Standard Time).
- Call in number: 800-779-8625
- Participant Code: 3472916
The virtual meeting is preceded by a virtual site review.
At the scoping meeting, Commission staff will: (1) initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission’s regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the potential of any federal or state agency or Native American tribe to act as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review CCE’s PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in this document.
June Open Commission Meeting
Commission meeting held in Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Open to the public.
Link to meeting webcast when live
Meeting agenda | ||
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ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
A-1 | AD22-1-000 | Agency Administrative Matters |
A-2 | AD22-2-000 | Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations |
ELECTRIC | ||
E-1 | RM22-14-000 | Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements |
E-2 | RM22-10-000 | Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements for Extreme Weather |
E-3 | RM22-16-000 | One-Time Informational Reports on Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments |
AD21-13-000 | Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability | |
E-4 | EL15-70-003 | Public Citizen, Inc. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. |
EL15-71-003 | The People of the State of Illinois, By Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. | |
EL15-72-003 | Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc., Dynegy, Inc., and Sellers of Capacity into Zone 4 of the 2015-2016 MISO Planning Resource Auction | |
E-5 | ER21-2455-000 | California Independent System Operator Corporation |
ER21-2455-001 | ||
E-6 | ER21-2460-000 | New York Independent System Operator, Inc. |
ER21-2460-001 | ||
E-7 | ER22-707-001 | ISO New England Inc.and New England Power Company d/b/a National Grid |
E-8 | ER21-56-000 | Guzman Energy,LLC |
E-9 | ER21-61-000 | El Paso Electric Company |
E-10 | ER21-58-000 | TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc. |
E-11 | ER17-910-003 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
ER17-1509-003 | ||
ER17-2181-003 | ||
ER18-1102-002 | ||
E-12 | RD22-3-000 | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
E-13 | ER22-1247-000 | NSTAR Electric Company and ParkCity Wind LLC |
GAS | ||
G-1 | RP21-1001-008 | Texas Eastern Transmission, LPHYDRO |
H-1 | P-3063-023 | Blackstone Hydro Associates |
H-2 | P-619-164 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company and City of Santa Clara |
H-3 | P-2004-302 | City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department |
H-4 | P-2107-047 | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
H-5 | P-3777-011 | The Town of Rollinsford, New Hampshire |
CERTIFICATES | ||
C-1 | CP20-312-000 | Equitrans, L.P. |
RP21-882-000 | ||
C-2 | CP22-167-000 | Roaring Fork Midstream, LLC |
Scoping Meeting Regarding Cat Creek Energy Pumped Storage Hydropower for General Public
FERC is hosting a scoping meeting for the Cat Creek Energy pumped storage hydropower project in Idaho (docket P-14655-002) from 7:00pm -9:00 pm Mountain Day Light Time (MDT) (or 9:00pm to 11:00pm Eastern Standard Time).
- Call in number: 800-779-8625
- Participant Code: 3472916
The virtual meeting is preceded by a virtual site review.
At the scoping meeting, Commission staff will: (1) initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission’s regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the potential of any federal or state agency or Native American tribe to act as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review CCE’s PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in this document.
Virtual Comment Meeting Regarding Line 200 and Line 300 Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) invites you to attend one of the virtual public comment meetings it will conduct by telephone on the Line 200 and Line 300 Project draft environmental impact statement.
Driftwood proposes to construct and operate dual 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipelines originating near the town of Ragley in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana southward to a proposed receiver facility near the town of Carlyss in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
The FERC staff concludes that construction and operation of the Project would result in some adverse environmental impacts. Most of these impacts would be temporary and occur during construction (e.g., impacts on land use, traffic, and noise). With the exception of climate change impacts, that are not characterized in this EIS as significant or insignificant, we conclude that Project effects would not be significant based on implementation of Driftwood’s impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures, as well as their adherence to our recommendations. Other than the non-significant impacts on environmental justice communities associated with the construction and operation of Meter Station 7 and Meter Station 9, we conclude that the Project would not result in disproportionately high or adverse impacts on environmental justice communities.
Docket Nos. CP21-465-000, CP21-465-001, CP21-465-002
Date, Time, and Call-in Information
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 5:30 pm (CST)- Call in number: 800-779-8625
- Participant passcode: 3472916
Note that the comment meetings will start at 5:30 pm (CST) and will terminate once all participants wishing to comment have had the opportunity to do so, or at 7:30 pm (CST), whichever comes first. The primary goal of these comment meetings is to have you identify the specific environmental issues and concerns that should be considered in the final environmental impact statement. Individual oral comments will be taken on a one-on-one basis with a court reporter present on the line. This format is designed to receive the maximum amount of oral comments, in a convenient way during the timeframe allotted, and is in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As a reminder, the Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-3676 or [email protected]. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded.
You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments on a project; You can file your comments electronically by using the eFiling feature on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on “eRegister.” If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select “Comment on a Filing” as the filing type; and You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP21-465-000) on your letter. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852
May Commission Open Meeting
Commission meeting held in Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Open to the public via video Webcast only.
Link to meeting webcast when live
Meeting agenda | ||
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ADMINISTRATIVE | ||
A-1 | AD22-1-000 | Agency Administrative Matters |
A-2 | AD22-2-000 | Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations |
A-3 | AD06-3-000 | Market Update |
ELECTRIC | ||
E-1 | RM20-16-001 | Managing Transmission Line Ratings |
E-2 | OMITTED | |
E-3 | ER21-62-000 | Uniper Global Commodities North America LLC |
E-4 | ER21-65-000 | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. |
E-5 | ER21-59-000 | Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP |
ER21-59-001 | ||
E-6 | ER21-64-000 | Macquarie Energy LLC |
E-7 | ER22-1246-000 | California Independent System Operator Corporation |
E-8 | QF21-222-002 | Board of Trustees of Michigan State University |
E-9 | ER22-476-001 | Alabama Power Company |
E-10 | EL22-44-000 | Grand River Dam Authority |
E-11 | EL22-45-000 | Lincoln Electric System |
E-12 | EL22-46-000 | Nebraska Public Power District |
E-13 | EL22-47-000 | Omaha Public Power District |
E-14 | OMITTED | |
E-15 | EC22-24-000 | GridLiance High Plains LLC |
E-16 | RR21-10-000 | North American Electric Reliability Corporation |
MISCELLANEOUS | ||
M-1 | RM22-15-000 | Certification of Uncontested Settlements by Settlement Judges |
GAS | ||
G-1 | RM21-18-000 | Revised Filing and Reporting Requirements for Interstate Natural Gas Company Rate Schedules and Tariffs |
G-2 | OR19-14-000MPLX | Ozark Pipe Line LLC |
G-3 | RP21-1001-006 | Texas Eastern Transmission, LP |
HYDRO | ||
H-1 | P-15246-000 | PacifiCorp |
H-2 | P-15239-000 | PacifiCorp |
H-3 | P-2188-259 | NorthWestern Corporation |
Certificates | ||
C-1 | CP21-197-000 | Kern River Gas Transmission Company |
C-2 | CP21-78-000 | ANR Pipeline Company |
C-3 | IN19-4-001 | Rover Pipeline, LLC and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. |
C-4 | CP21-6-000 | Spire Storage West LLC |
Joint Meeting of FERC and NRC
The open meeting will be held virtually. Members of the public may attend the open session. Commissioners from both agencies are expected to participate.
A free webcast of this event will be made available for viewing through the NRC’s Webcast portal. In addition, the event will be transcribed, and the transcription will be made available through the NRC web site approximately a week after the meeting.
All interested persons are invited to the open meeting. Pre-registration is not required and there is no fee to attend this joint meeting. Questions about the meeting should be directed to Lodie White at [email protected] or by phone at (202) 502-8453.
Agenda
Introductions and Opening Statements
Grid Reliability, Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) & Other Topics
NERC
Howard Gugel, NERC, Vice President, Engineering and Standards- State of Reliability
- Long Term Reliability Assessment
- Energy Reliability Assessment Task Force Q&A
FERC
Elin Katz, Director, Office of Public Participation- New initiative to assist the public navigating FERC proceedings
David Ortiz, Acting Director of the Office of Electric Reliability
David Huff, Electrical Engineer, Office of Electric Reliability
Heather Polzin, Attorney Advisor, Office of Enforcement- Cold Weather Inquiry
NRC
Andrea Kock, Deputy Office Director for Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation- Current Fleet of Operating Reactors
- Advanced Reactors Update
- Subsequent License Renewal
- Decommissioning
- Recent weather-related operating experience impacting NPP availability
- Dam Safety Program Interagency Agreement
- Opportunities to leverage NRC and FERC (DOE) research activities on electromagnetic pulse
Cyber Security Activities
FERC
Barry Kuehnle, Energy Infrastructure and Cyber Security Advisor, Division of Cyber Security, OER- Cybersecurity Updates (recent Orders/notices of proposed rulemaking)
- Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) * Audits Lesson Learned Report
NRC
Jim Beardsley, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response- NRC Cybersecurity Program Accomplishments
- Continued focus on risk-informing cyber security program implementation
- Continued innovation for the future
Participants
FERC Chairman and Commissioners- Chairman Richard Glick
- Commissioner James P. Danly
- Commissioner Allison Clements
- Commissioner Mark C. Christie
- Commissioner Willie L. Phillips
- Chairman Christopher T. Hanson
- Commissioner Jeff Baran
- Commissioner David A. Wright
- David Ortiz, Acting Director of the Office of Electric Reliability (OER)
- Elin Katz, Director, Office of Public Participation
- Barry Kuehnle, Energy Infrastructure and Cyber Security Advisor, Division of Cyber Security, OER
- David Huff, Electrical Engineer, Division of Operations and Planning Standards, OER
- Heather Polzin, Attorney Advisor, Division of Investigations, Office of Enforcement
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Staff Howard Gugel, Vice President, Engineering and Standards
- Andrea Kock, Deputy Office Director for Engineering, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- Eric Benner, Director, Division of Engineering and External Hazards, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
- Jim Beardsley, Acting Deputy Director, Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response