FERC Schedules Open Meeting on Energy Markets and Solar Projects
Published Date: 4/14/2026
Notice
Summary
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is holding an open meeting on April 16, 2026, to discuss important energy topics like customer reliability, market rules, and solar projects. This affects energy companies, customers, and anyone interested in how electricity and gas markets work. No big money changes are announced yet, but stay tuned for decisions that could impact energy prices and services.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Agenda Includes Market and Project Items
The agenda for the April 16, 2026 FERC meeting includes items on customer matters, reliability, security and market operations and specific dockets such as RM21-14-000 (participation of aggregators of retail demand response customers), ER26-1020-000 (Murphy Solar, LLC and Bells Solar, LLC), and CP25-219-000 (Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC). While no substantive decisions are announced in this notice, the Commission will consider matters that could lead to future decisions affecting energy market participants, customers, and projects.
FERC Open Meeting on April 16
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold an open public meeting on April 16, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2C, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC. The agenda items may be deleted without further notice and members of the public may attend or follow the meeting materials via the Commission's eLibrary.
Free Webcast and Press Briefing Access
Anyone with internet access can view a free webcast of the April 16, 2026 FERC meeting via the Commission's website and Calendar of Events. Immediately after the meeting there will be a press briefing that members of the public may view remotely at Commission headquarters, but the briefings will not be telecast.
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