FERC issued a notice saying it would coordinate with the attorney general on what crimes it would refer to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.

FERC responded to critics of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, clarifying its use of the comparability standard to justify the market.

FERC’s resource adequacy technical conference zoomed out on the second day, June 5, with several panels examining ISO-NE, MISO and NYISO.

Outgoing FERC Chair Mark Christie and former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter both emphasized that the West controls the future of the Western interconnection, not Washington.

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Laura Swett of Vinson & Elkins to replace FERC Chair Mark Christie.

The U.S. hasn’t built new nuclear plants over the past 50 years (other than the Vogtle disaster) because they haven’t made any economic sense, argues columnist Steve Huntoon.

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.