NARUC ended its winter meetings with an interview of Ted Koppel, whose 2015 book “Lights Out” alleges the U.S. is unprepared for the threat of cyberattacks on the nation’s grid.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, EPA and the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Exelon has asked the D.C. Circuit to overturn two FERC orders that reaffirmed the zero-price offer requirement in ISO-NE. 

FERC said it is streamlining its rehearing orders and creating a dedicated legal team within the Office of General Counsel to handle them.

FERC proposed eliminating a market transparency rule imposed on the WECC region during the height of the California energy crisis of 2000-2001.

FERC approved an incentive filing by PJM that will allow PSE&G to recoup all of its costs if the Artificial Island reliability project is canceled due to reasons beyond the company’s control.

FERC rejected the city of Osceola’s demand that Entergy Arkansas provide refunds for unlawful bandwidth equalization payments.

Reversing a prior decision, FERC ruled that PJM transmission owners should pay all of the cost of projects that solely address a TO’s local planning criteria.

FERC won’t be revisiting the demand response compensation rules under Order 745, commissioners said at the NARUC winter meetings.

FERC's general counsel said  that there are “significant benefits” to allowing challenges to rates that take effect as a result of a commission deadlock.