About 50 people attended a FERC scoping meeting on the Atlantic Bridge Project, which would expand the Algonquin pipeline.

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

FERC denied an application by Northern States Power to terminate its mandatory purchase obligation from Twin Cities Hydro.

FERC proposed Thursday to change when it assesses annual charges to hydropower operators that are not state and municipal entities.

Despite changing its meeting date to avoid threats of mass demonstrations next week, the FERC couldn’t avoid another protest drama Thursday.

More change is coming to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as Commissioner Philip Moeller announced Tuesday he won’t be returning for a third term.

Since the EPA proposed its Clean Power Plan, the idea that the final rule should include a reliability safety valve has become an article of faith among utility, state and RTO officials.

FERC said it supports a settlement under which Ameren would refund $7.1 million to resolve a dispute over its purchase of two Illinois utilities.

If FERC keeps its word, virtual traders in PJM should have clarity by the end of October on whether up-to-congestion transactions will be subject to additional charges.

Former FERC regulators who were in the middle of many of the electric industry’s watershed events of the past two decades reminisced — and expressed regrets for paths not chosen.