Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Southern Company (case)

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Southern Company was a legal case where the Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has the authority to regulate certain costs that utilities recover from customers, even if those costs are incurred to fulfill federal environmental requirements. The case centered on whether FERC could oversee expenses related to environmental upgrades mandated by federal law, and the Court upheld FERC’s authority to do so, affirming that utility rates must include federally mandated environmental costs to ensure fair regulation and prevent unfair burdens on ratepayers.