FERC last week agreed to consider whether reporting deficiencies concealed market manipulation that contributed to the Western Energy Crisis of 2000-2001.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

The NRC Inspector General last week issued his annual report on the agency’s most serious management and performance challenges, highlighting concerns over cybersecurity, reactor inspections and licensing.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on Spring Creek Mine, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Department of Transportation.

FERC has been ordered to pay attorney’s fees for stonewalling the STS Energy Partners request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

FERC last week rejected the MISO plan for ensuring it terminates reactive power payments when generating units are no longer capable of providing the service or are transferred out of a fleet.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on FERC, the NRC, Donald Trump, the U.S. Geological Survey and other organizations.

Hopes for overturning EPA's Clean Power Plan (CPP) appear to hinge on whether the agency overstepped its authority in relying on "generation shifting."

After four years, Commissioner Tony Clark’s last day at FERC will be Sept. 30, he said at his last, and 47th, open meeting.

FERC said it is considering changing how it evaluates market power in electric utility mergers and applications for market-based rate authority.