FERC seeks comment on its proposed index level used to determine annual changes to oil pipeline rate ceilings. 

FERC seeks comment on certain potential enhancements to the currently effective Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards, particularly on whether the standards adequately address cybersecurity risks pertaining to data security, detection of anomalies and events, and mitigation of cybersecurity events. 

The Secretary of Energy responded to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board's February 21, 2020, Recommendation 2020-1, Nuclear Safety Requirements, in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. 

FERC provided guidance regarding the Commission's response to the effects of the national emergency caused by COVID-19 on oil pipelines. 

The U.S. Trade Representative rescinded the October 2019 withdrawal of the exclusion of bifacial solar panels from application of the safeguard measure on imports of certain solar products pursuant to a Section 201 investigation; the withdrawal is superseded by the Representative's April 2020 withdrawal determination that the bifacial solar panel exclusion is undermining the objectives of the safeguard measure. 

The Federal Trade Commission seeks comment on the overall costs, benefits, and regulatory and economic impact of its Prohibition of Energy Market Manipulation Rule prohibiting fraud or deceit in wholesale petroleum markets, and omissions of material information that are likely to distort petroleum markets, as part of the Commission's systematic review of all its current rules and guides. 

The Small Business Administration issued an interim final rule regarding the implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to provide guidance on additional Paycheck Protection Program eligibility requirements for certain electric cooperatives. 

The Internal Revenue Service published the 2020 inflation adjustment factors and reference prices used in determining the availability of the credit for renewable electricity production, refined coal production, and Indian coal production under §45 of the Internal Revenue Code. 

DOE announced the availability of updated guidance for the hydroelectric incentive program under the Energy Policy Act of 2005; the guidance describes the hydroelectric incentive payment requirements and explains the type of information that owners or authorized operators of qualified hydroelectric facilities must provide DOE when applying for hydroelectric incentive payments.

FERC announced that the period for filing interventions and protests to filings submitted pursuant to §204 of the Federal Power Act will be shortened from 21 to 5 business days to expedite the Commission's review of filings that may be necessary to ensure the regulated entities' liquidity in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic; the shortened comment period will be in effect up to and including September 1, 2020.