The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is an independent, five-member commission within the U.S. Department of Energy. The Commission was created in October 1977 as a part of the Federal government's mammoth effort to restructure and...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over interstate electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. FERC also reviews...

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 Regulatory Commission approved mandatory reliability standards for protecting physical and electronic access to control systems, training personnel on security matters, reporting...

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 electricity, federal fisheries agencies said Tuesday.The cost of the ladders,...

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 Associated Press.The Missouri Department of Natural Resources submitted the proposal to Ameren Corp....

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 a record $15 million fine for the December 2005 breach of the Taum Sauk reservoir,...