This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Yucca Mountain, the White House and the Federal Reserve.

FERC approved MISO's rate schedules for the system support resource agreements at three aging power plants on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

PJM, MISO and ISO-NE would be forced to switch to 5-minute settlements under a draft rule announced Thursday.

The developers of the abandoned PATH transmission project would be denied recovery of more than $10 million of their $121.5 million claim under an initial decision by a FERC administrative law judge Monday.

FERC Chairman Norman Bay named a long-time associate from New Mexico as FERC general counsel, replacing David Morenoff.

FERC granted a waiver to a New England power generator that missed the deadline for a payment to increase the plant’s offer for the next Forward Capacity Auction.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Clean Power Plan, the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

FERC has denied another generator’s request for make-whole payments for natural gas it purchased that was never used during the event, citing rules against retroactive ratemaking.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on EPA and its Waters of the United States rule and the Clean Power Plan, as well as President Obama.

FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said that the commission has “a sense of urgency” to take action on price formation issues after initiating an inquiry into the subject more than a year ago.