Colette Honorable, President Obama's latest nominee for FERC, appeared headed toward Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approval last week.

FERC ordered NYISO to begin a stakeholder proceeding to resolve a dispute over the installed capacity market on Long Island, which was excluded from a previous attempt to address transmission congestion in the areas around New York City.

Stakeholders called on FERC to reject a request by MISO transmission owners for a 50-basis-point adder as an incentive for their participation in the RTO.

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

FERC approved a revised JOA between PJM and Duke Energy Progress despite protests from the RTO’s IMM that it gives Duke favored treatment on interchange pricing.

Kevin and Rich Gates have reactivated their website after FERC indicated that it was about to move on to the next step — civil prosecution.

The electric and natural gas industries remain divided over the start of the gas day, nine months after FERC proposed changing the start time from 9 a.m. CT to 4 a.m. CT.

U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said he will ask the Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling voiding the FERC’s authority over DR in wholesale energy markets.

The DOJ is investigating the interconnection process in PJM’s MAAC sub-region as part of its anti-trust review of Exelon’s $6.8 billion takeover of Pepco.

PJM’s Board of Managers will file its Capacity Performance proposal this week with FERC to increase the reliability expectations of capacity resources with a “no excuses” policy.