Unified Agenda

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: 2026 Regulatory Agenda

Every rulemaking the FERC has on its regulatory agenda in the 2026 Unified Agenda. Proposed rules, final rules, and long-term actions, each with the agency's own summary and its latest status.

Source: the 2026 Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda, published by OIRA on July 3, 2026 (reginfo.gov). The FERC lists 29 active actions plus 13 completed this cycle. Refreshed as the agenda changes.

29
Active on the agenda
1
Already published as final rules
16
New since Spring 2025
Tracked, not just listed

What changed since the Spring 2025 agenda

Between editions, the FERC added 16 new rules, changed the stage on 15, and dropped 3 from the agenda. The official agenda only shows you today’s snapshot. We keep the history, so you can see what actually moved.

  • New this edition. Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy (entered the Prerule stage)
  • Moved. Applications for Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities (Final Rule to Completed)
  • Moved. Blanket Certificate Cost Limitations (Prerule to Proposed Rule)

and 31 more changes this edition, including 3 rules that dropped off the agenda entirely.

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Significant, priority, and finalized rules are shown in full below. Routine actions are condensed to a line, with full summaries for every rule on the dashboard.

Final Rule8 actions

Slated for a final rule. Several have already published in the Federal Register, which we mark on each; the rest are still pending.

Annual Update of Filing FeesRIN 1902-AG40
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation AdjustmentRIN 1902-AG41
Compensation for Reactive Power Within the Standard Power Factor RangeRIN 1902-AF91
Fuel Cell Thermal Energy Output; Bloom Energy CorporationRIN 1902-AF74
Implementation of the Executive Order Entitled "Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy"RIN 1902-AG31
Removal of Regulations Limiting Authorizations to Proceed with Construction Activities Pending RehearingRIN 1902-AG34
Transfer of Delegation of Authority from the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation to the Office of Technical Reporting and Economics and Office of General CounselRIN 1902-AG45
Virtualization Reliability StandardsRIN 1902-AG36
Proposed Rule11 actions

Rules open for, or headed toward, public comment.

Proposed RuleMajor RuleEconomically SignificantRIN 1902-AF70

Electric Transmission Incentives Policy Under Section 219 of the Federal Power Act

The Commission proposed in the proceeding to revise its existing regulations that implemented section 219 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) in light of the changes in transmission development and planning over the last few years. The supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking proposed to modify the incentive for transmitting and electric utilities that join Transmission Organizations in the March 20, 2020 notice of proposed rulemaking. In addition, pursuant to FPA section 206, the Commission proposed to require each utility that has received an incentive for joining and remaining in a transmission organization for three or more years to submit a compliance filing revising its tariff to remove the incentive from its transmission tariff. The Commission continues to consider the extent to which its regulations implementing section 219 of the FPA have anti-competitive effects and what changes to those regulations could alleviate such effects consistent with Executive Order 14267 (Docket No. RM20-10-000).

Agenda status: Next Action Undetermined (planned)

Proposed RuleFinalizedMajor RuleEconomically SignificantRIN 1902-AG33

Five-Year Review of the Oil Pipeline Index

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) invites comments on its proposed index level used to determine annual changes to oil pipeline rate ceilings. The Commission proposes to use the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods (PPI-FG)−1.42% as the index level for the five-year period commencing July 1, 2026. The Commission invites interested persons to submit comments regarding this proposal and any alternative methodologies for calculating the index (Docket No. RM26-6-000).

Status: Final rule published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2026

Proposed RuleMajor RuleEconomically SignificantRIN 1902-AF94

Implementation of Dynamic Line Ratings

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking presenting potential reforms to implement dynamic line ratings and, thereby, improve the accuracy of transmission line ratings. These potential reforms would require transmission line ratings to reflect solar heating based on the sun's position and forecastable cloud cover and require transmission line ratings to reflect forecasts of wind conditions on certain transmission lines. The potential reforms would also ensure transparency in the development and implementation of dynamic line ratings and enhance data reporting practices related to congestion in non-regional transmission organization/independent system operator regions to identify candidate transmission lines for the requirement to reflect forecasts of wind conditions. The Commission invited all interested persons to submit comments on the potential reforms and in response to specific questions (Docket No. RM24-6-000).

Agenda status: Next Action Undetermined (planned)

Other actions in this stage

Blanket Certificate Cost LimitationsRIN 1902-AG32
Expansion of Categorical Exclusion under the National Environmental Policy Act to Include Certain Terminations or Revocations of Water Power Licenses and ExemptionsRIN 1902-AG50
Filing Process And Data Collection For The Electric Quarterly ReportRIN 1902-AG11
Interconnection of Large Loads to the Interstate Transmission SystemRIN 1902-AG47
Preliminary Permits for Hydroelectric Power ProjectsRIN 1902-AG48
Reliability Standard CIP-003-11: Cyber Security – Security Management ControlsRIN 1902-AG37
Revisions to Existing FERC FormsRIN 1902-AG49
Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas PipelinesRIN 1902-AG39
Prerule10 actions

Early-stage actions: reviews and advance notices that come before a formal proposal.

Alliance for Tribal Clean EnergyRIN 1902-AG42
Authorizations for Certain Activities at Liquefied Natural Gas PlantsRIN 1902-AG43
Authorizations for Certain Post-Licensing Activities at Hydroelectric ProjectsRIN 1902-AG44
Federal Power Act Section 203 Blanket Authorizations for Investment CompaniesRIN 1902-AG16
Financial Assurance Measures for Hydroelectric ProjectsRIN 1902-AF90
Hydropower Licensees and Exemption Holders NOIRIN 1902-AG46
Participation of Aggregators of Retail Demand Response Customers in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System OperatorsRIN 1902-AG05
Petition for Rulemaking to Update Commission Regulations Regarding Allocation of Interstate Pipeline CapacityRIN 1902-AG17
Rate Recovery, Reporting, and Accounting Treatment of Industry Association Dues and Certain Civic, Political, and Related ExpensesRIN 1902-AF92
Rulemaking to Reduce the Risk of Wildfire Ignition from the Bulk-Power System Without Increasing Costs for Electric-Power End UsersRIN 1902-AG35
Completed13 completed

Actions the agency reports as completed this cycle. The official agenda rule list files these separately from the active pipeline.

CompletedMajor RuleEconomically SignificantRIN 1902-AG29

Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

In this order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission addresses arguments raised on rehearing, grants clarification, in part, and denies clarification, in part, of Order No. 1920-A, which addressed arguments raised on rehearing of, set aside, in part, and clarified Order No. 1920. Order No. 1920 required transmission providers, inter alia, to conduct Long-Term Regional Transmission Planning to ensure the identification, evaluation, and selection, as well as the allocation of the costs, of more efficient or cost-effective regional transmission solutions to address Long-Term Transmission Needs (Docket No. RM21-17-000). This rule was previously reported as 1902-AF87.

Agenda status: Order on Rehearing and Clarification (planned)

Other actions in this stage

Applications for Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission FacilitiesRIN 1902-AG28
Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standard CIP-015-1-Cyber Security-Internal Network Security MonitoringRIN 1902-AG23
Delegation of Authority Regarding Electric Reliability Organization's Delegation Agreement and Rules or Rule Changes FilingsRIN 1902-AG38
Duty of CandorRIN 1902-AG04
Establishing Reasonable Period of Time and Clarifications Regarding Clean Water Act Section 401(a)(1) Certifications for Hydroelectric ProceedingsRIN 1902-AG21
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing ProceduresRIN 1902-AG30
Reliability Standards for Frequency and Voltage Protection Settings and Ride-Through for Inverter-Based ResourcesRIN 1902-AG26
Safe Harbor Policy for Data Providers to Price Index DevelopersRIN 1902-AF85
Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public UtilitiesRIN 1902-AG12
Standards for Business Practices of Interstate Natural Gas PipelinesRIN 1902-AG18
Supplemental Review of the Oil Pipeline Index LevelRIN 1902-AG24
Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions; Equipment and Services Produced or Provided by Certain Entities Identified as Risks to National SecurityRIN 1902-AG22

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Compiled from the 2026 Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda (reginfo.gov), cross-referenced against Federal Register publications. Regulation Roundup tracks all 42 FERC actions and refreshes as the agenda changes.

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