Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent, five-member commission within the U.S. Department of Energy. The Commission was created in Oct...
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Federal regulators on Thursday approved the first cyber-security standards for the nation's electric industry, following growing concerns about the power grid's vulnerabilities.The Federal Energy R...
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A Pacific Northwest utility must build new fish ladders and take other steps to help salmon swim freely past four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River if it wants to renew its license to produce...
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A state agency has offered to let a utility resolve claims for damages and fines stemming from a reservoir breach for $125 million, according to a settlement offer obtained Thursday by The Associat...
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The state sued Ameren Corp. on Wednesday over the billion-gallon breach of a mountaintop reservoir it says was caused by the utility's negligence.Ameren already has agreed to pay federal regulators...
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A popular state park that was wiped out when a mountaintop reservoir collapsed reopens Monday.Part of Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park in southeast Missouri was scheduled to reopen Monday and will sta...
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Criminal investigators at the Environmental Protection Agency are looking into a 2005 reservoir collapse that flooded a state park, injuring the park superintendent and his family, documents show.T...
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East Coast lawmakers banded together Thursday in a bid to short-circuit a federal decision making it easier to build major power lines.From New York to Virginia, there is a prospect of new high-vol...
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The government declared two swaths of the country critical to the nation's electricity grid Thursday, pushing for construction of major power lines in southern California and along the East Coast.T...
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Fire from a terrorism attack against a tanker ship carrying liquefied natural gas could ignite so fiercely it would burn people one mile away, according to a congressional study.It examined terror ...
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
New cyber-security rules for power cos.
