FERC: No Secret Energy Chats to Report This Month
Published Date: 12/2/2025
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is sharing updates about off-the-record communications in ongoing cases. They remind everyone that some secret chats can’t affect decisions unless fairness calls for it, while others are part of the official record. This keeps the process fair and transparent, with no new costs or deadlines announced.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Prohibited Off‑the‑Record Rule
Prohibited off-the-record communications are placed in a public, non-decisional file and will not be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision unless the Commission determines that fairness requires adding them to the decisional record. Parties may seek to respond and request inclusion, and any person who made a prohibited communication must serve the document on all parties on the official service list in accordance with Rule 2010 (18 CFR 385.2010).
Exempt Communications Enter Record
Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional record of the proceeding unless the communication was with a cooperating agency described by 40 CFR 1501.6 and made under 18 CFR 385.2201(e)(1)(v).
Recent Exempt Communications Listed
The notice lists two exempt off-the-record communications received: docket P-14861-002 filed 9-25-2025 (memorandum forwarding letter dated 9/24/2025 from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation) and docket P-7987-000 filed 9-24-2025 (email dated 9/22/2025 from James Fleming, Legislative Assistant for Rep. Richard Hudson). Each filing can be viewed in FERC's eLibrary using the docket number.
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