The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined there would be no significant environmental impact from restarting the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.

As NYISO conducts its Capacity Market Structure Review, its Market Monitoring Unit and FTI Consulting say it should reject the idea of bifurcated pricing.

The panel of SPP board members overseeing the development of Markets+ has approved the governance transition plan for the construction phase of the day-ahead market. 

PJM asked FERC to grant it more time to find candidates to fill two Board of Managers positions vacated when the Members Committee voted against reelecting two incumbents.

FERC accepted a 17-month delay to ISO-NE and transmission owners’ implementation of Order 881 and Order 881-A compliance, pushing back the rollout of ambient-adjusted line ratings in the region.

Government job cuts have been a major theme of the Trump administration, and while DOE has faced some cuts former officials say are already significant, many more employees are going to leave in the months to come.

The West-Wide Governance Pathways Initiative’s Launch Committee estimates it will cost about $7.1 million to launch the independent regional organization that eventually will oversee energy markets in the West.

FERC will hold a two-day technical conference June 4-5, where it will look at resource adequacy issues in the ISO/RTO markets, with most of the focus on those with capacity markets.

The duck curve has landed in New England, not the sunniest of places, but it and California are by no means the only grids that will be greatly affected, says columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.

MISO said it will create more public notices throughout its variance analysis, the process it uses to reassess transmission projects that experience cost increases or other obstacles.