New Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Units Created
Spurred by the requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unveiled two new units: the Energy Innovations Sector and the Office of Electric Reliability.
Spurred by the requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) unveiled two new units: the Energy Innovations Sector and the Office of Electric Reliability.
Energy Innovations, a unit within the Office of Energy Market Regulation, will promote and manage FERC’s activities with regard to demand response, energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy issues, greenhouse gas emissions policies and advanced technologies relevant to the transmission grid and wholesale markets.
The Office of Electric Reliability, formerly a division within the Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, will focus on the development and implementation of mandatory and enforceable reliability standards for the users, owners, and operators of the nation’s bulk power system.
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