Open Access

FERC’s Policy and Reliability staff explain the 2020 FERC Summer Market and Reliability Assessment and what it means for the coming months.

FERC Pandemic Liaison Caroline Wozniak sits down with Open Access to discuss what she and her team are doing to assist regulated entities with their questions during the COVID-19 Crisis. Recorded April 29, 2020

FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee shares FERC’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in this remote podcast. Recorded April 14, 2020

Guests Holly Cafer and Joshua Hurwitz of FERC’s Office of General Counsel discuss FERC’s new efforts to improve the rehearing process for landowners affected by natural gas projects, and about landowners assistance options from the FERC Dispute Resolution Serviceand its Landowner Helpline.

Learn all about the important policy work in the FERC Office of Energy Policy and Innovation from Office Director Jignasa Gadani. Recorded November 14, 2019

Commissioner Bernard McNamee joins Open Access for a review of his first 10 months at FERC and shares his views on natural gas markets and energy regulation, and reveals he’s a huge fan of heavy metal in general and Metallica in particular. Recorded October 9, 2019

FERC cyber experts Andrew Dodge, director of the Office of Electric Reliability, and Joseph McClelland, director of the Office of Energy Infrastructure Security, discuss what the Commission is doing to help improve the security of the nation’s energy facilities.

Cheryl LaFleur looks back on her near-decade as a Commissioner – the hits, misses and the “ones that got away.”

Chairman Chatterjee discusses the Commission’s accomplishments in 2018

Chairman McIntyre discusses the recent LNG agreement with PHMSA and the LNG environmental application schedules, and matters that are on the Commission’s agenda for this fall.

Commissioner Rob Powelson sits down with Open Access to discuss the important grid resilience, energy infrastructure and other policy issues that FERC has tackled during his time at the Commission.

Chairman McIntyre discusses the status of major activities now under way at FERC. The Chairman addresses everything from LNG terminal applications and the pipeline certification policy inquiry to PURPA, grid resilience and the upcoming departure of Commissioner Powelson

Commissioner Chatterjee returns to Open Access with a wide-ranging discussion of his meetings with Indian energy officials, his keynote at the World Utility Summit, the Commission’s tax-related actions and the importance of commenting on the resilience docket.

Commissioner Rich Glick sits down with Open Access to discuss the fast pace of his first six weeks at FERC, his goals as Commissioner, and his views of the resilience debate. Recorded January 12, 2018.

Chairman Kevin J. McIntyre discusses his views on energy and his goals as Chairman, recorded December 15, 2017.

Chairman Chatterjee discusses how the Commission will work to improve its project review processes, ensure that electric transmission investment incentives align with need, protect grid reliability and resilience, and defend against ever-changing cyber threats.

Join Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur and Associate General Counsel Larry Greenfield on a stroll through FERC’s history through the eyes of American culture over the past 40 years.