News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include FERC, the NRC and the Energy Department.

PJM announced a fallback plan to incorporate demand response into the capacity market in the event a court ruling limiting the jurisdiction of FERC stands.

The transmission rate dispute between MISO industrial customers and transmission owners appears headed for a FERC hearing.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consolidated four years of Entergy Corp.’s disputed annual cost allocation cases for hearing and settlement.

FERC issued an Order to Show Cause seeking $29.8 million in fines from the Powhatan Fund, in a case that became the centerpiece of a debate over FERC enforcement policy during Commissioner Norman Bay’s confirmation process earlier this year.

The Senate Tuesday night confirmed Colette Honorable, President Obama’s pick to serve on FERC, unanimously by simple voice vote.

PJM stakeholders agreed to review modeling practices that may be shortchanging loads with transmission agreements that pre-date the RTO's capacity market.

News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in the RTO footprints. This week we include the EIA, the NRC and the Energy Department.

FERC will hold four technical conferences next year to discuss the effects of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan on reliability and wholesale electricity markets.

PJM filed its Capacity Performance proposal with FERC, a 1,275-page capacity market overhaul that it hopes will prevent a repeat of last winter.