An advocacy group accused PJM of violating the Federal Power Act by making political contributions with membership funds. PJM said the payments were to allow staff access to energy-related policy summits and not to support any candidate.

Resilience, pipelines and PURPA topped the discussions at the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter meetings.

Blocked by regulators from moving its ailing coal-fired Pleasants plant into the rate base of a subsidiary, FirstEnergy announced it will shut the plant down.

Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee told NARUC that hackers targeting the U.S. electric industry are growing more numerous and more skilled.

FERC approved a package of modifications developed by CAISO for the EIM, and issued several other decisions related to Western states and energy markets.

FERC authorized an ITC Holdings subsidiary to purchase transmission assets from the city of Holland, Mich.

New generators seeking interconnections must be equipped to provide primary frequency response, FERC ruled.

FERC ordered RTOs and ISOs to revise their tariffs to allow energy storage resources full access to their markets.

A D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a series of FERC orders that allowed new MISO generators to self-fund network transmission upgrades.

Regulators from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana competed to heap scorn on Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s bid to boost coal and nuclear plants.