FERC, States Renew Push To Remove Grid Barriers Blocking Climate Efforts

Federal and state energy regulators are launching a new joint process to address thorny hurdles to new transmission projects deemed essential to clean energy and climate change progress, signaling that the issue will be a top focus of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), along with parallel support from the Biden administration. At its monthly meeting April 15, FERC also finalized its approach to integrating carbon pricing programs in wholesale power markets, which it proposed in October . The move...