Summaries | January 2026 Commission Meeting

E-1 | Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. ER25-2454-002
ORDER ADDRESSING ARGUMENTS RAISED ON REHEARING

The order sustains the Commission's July 21, 2025, order accepting MISO's Expedited Resource Addition Study process, which provides a framework for the expedited study of interconnection requests to address urgent, near-term resource adequacy and reliability needs.

E-2 | Southwest Power Pool, Inc., ER25-2296-002
ORDER ADDRESSING ARGUMENTS RAISED ON REHEARING

The order sustains the Commission's July 21, 2025, order accepting SPP's Expedited Resource Adequacy Study process, which provides a framework for the expedited study of interconnection requests to address urgent, near-term resource adequacy and reliability needs.

E-3 | Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP, Docket No. ER21-59-004
ORDER ON REMAND

On remand from Shell Energy N.A. (US), L.P. v. FERC, 107 F.4th 981 (D.C. Cir. 2024), the order reverses the Commission's previous decision to order Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP (Brookfield) to pay refunds for spot market energy sales that exceeded the Western Electricity Coordinating Council soft price cap of $1,000/MWh. The order finds that Brookfield is entitled to recoupment of the refunds already paid and directs the refund recipients to provide recoupment to Brookfield.

E-4 | EDF Power Solutions, Inc., Docket No. ER26-498-000
ORDER GRANTING WAIVER REQUEST

The order grants Byron Solar, LLC's (Byron Solar) request for waiver of section 4.4.4 of Attachment X of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. tariff and Article 2.3.1 of Byron Solar's Generator Interconnection Agreement, to allow a two-year extension of the commercial operation deadline for its generating facility.

E-5 | Greenswitch Wind, LLC, Docket No. ER26-535-000
ORDER GRANTING WAIVER REQUEST

The order grants Greenswitch Wind, LLC's (Greenswitch) request for waiver of section 4.4.4 of Attachment X of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. tariff and Article 2.3.1 of Greenswitch's Generator Interconnection Agreement, to allow a 16-month extension of the commercial operation deadline for its generating facility.

E-6 | TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc. and TransAlta Energy Marketing (California), Inc., Docket No. ER21-58-002
ORDER ON REMAND

On remand from Shell Energy N.A. (US), L.P. v. FERC, 107 F.4th 981 (D.C. Cir. 2024), the order reverses the Commission's previous decision to order TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.), Inc. (TransAlta) to pay refunds for spot market energy sales that exceeded the Western Electricity Coordinating Council soft price cap of $1,000/MWh. The order finds that TransAlta is entitled to recoupment of the refunds already paid and directs the refund recipients to provide recoupment to TransAlta.

E-7 | New England Power Generators Association v. ISO New England Inc., Docket No. EL25-106-000
ORDER GRANTING COMPLAINT IN PART AND DENYING IN PART

The order grants the complaint, in part, finding that the ISO-NE's failure to cap the Balancing Ratio at 1.0 under its existing Forward Capacity Market rules is unjust and unreasonable because, in the absence of such a cap, resources with Capacity Supply Obligations in ISO-NE may be subject to financial charges even when they are providing their maximum possible physical output during Capacity Scarcity Conditions. The order denies the complaint with regard to the ISO-NE tariff's allocation methodology for the stop-loss mechanism, finding that NEPGA has failed to demonstrate that this methodology is unjust, unreasonable, or unduly discriminatory or preferential.

E-8 | PJM Interconnection, L.L.C, ER24-2045-003
ORDER ADDRESSING ARGUMENTS RAISED ON REHEARING

The order sustains the Commission's July 24, 2025, order which accepted, in part, the compliance filing made by PJM in accordance with the requirements of Orders Nos. 2023 and 2023-A.

E-9 | Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Docket Nos. ER24-2026-001 and ER24-2026-002
ORDER ON COMPLIANCE

The order accepts Southwest Power Pool, Inc.'s Order Nos. 2023 and 2023-A second compliance filing.

H-1 | FFP Project 101, LLC, Project No. 14861-002
ORDER ISSUING ORIGINAL LICENSE

The order issues an original license for the Goldendale Energy Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project No. 14861, a 1,200-megawatt closed-loop project to be located about 8 miles southeast of the City of Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington.

H-2 | Central Oregon Irrigation District, Project No. 3571-041
ORDER AMENDING PROJECT BOUNDARY AND MODIFYING RECREATION FACILITIES UNDER ARTICLE 411

The order approves the amendment to the recreation facilities and project boundary for the Central Oregon Siphon Power Project No. 3571 in Deschutes County, Oregon.

H-3 | Woodland Pulp, LLC, Project No. 2660-038
ORDER APPROVING SURRENDER OF LICENSE

The order approves the surrender of Woodland Pulp, LLC's Forest City Project No. 2660, a storage-only project located on the East Branch of the St. Croix River on the international boundary between the United States and Canada.

H-4 | Rumford Falls Hydro LLC, Project No. P-2333-094
ORDER ISSUING NEW LICENSE

The order issues a new license for Rumford Falls Hydro LLC's 44.5-megawatt Rumford Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2333 located on the Androscoggin River in the Town of Rumford, in Oxford County, Maine.

H-5 | Ampersand Christine Falls Hydro, LLC, Project No. 4639-035
ORDER ADDRESSING ARGUMENTS RAISED ON REHEARING

The order sustains the result of the Notice Denying Late Intervention and finds that the movant has not shown the required good cause for granting late intervention after the issuance of a dispositive order.

C-1 | East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC, Docket No. CP23-516-003
ORDER ADDRESSING ARGUMENTS RAISED ON REHEARING AND SETTING ASIDE PRIOR ORDER, IN PART

The order sets aside the Commission's August 14, 2025, rehearing order, in part, to allow recovery of costs associated with applicant's proposed solar array through the project's initial incremental transportation rates.

C-2 | ANR Pipeline Company, Docket No. CP25-79-000
ORDER ISSUING CERTIFICATE AND APPROVING ABANDONMENT

The order grants ANR Pipeline Company's request to construct and operate the Heartland Project in Wisconsin and Illinois. The project is designed to replace and upgrade existing pipeline infrastructure and construct new pipeline and compression facilities to provide an additional 473,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of firm transportation service.

C-3 | Northwest Pipeline LLC, Docket No. CP25-204-000
ORDER ISSUING CERTIFICATE AND APPROVING ABANDONMENT

The order approves Northwest's request to abandon by removal four reciprocating compressor units, totaling 8,500 hp, and one 4,700 hp turbine-driven compressor unit and to construct and operate a replacement 13,220 hp turbine-driven compressor unit at its Kemmerer Compressor Station located in Lincoln County, Wyoming.