FERC on Monday approved Basin Electric Power Cooperative requests to eliminate its obligation to purchase power and capacity from generating facilities over 20 MW under the Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA).

Texas Public Utility Commissioner Brandy Marquez on Thursday quietly resigned, effective April 2. The announcement followed the PUCT open meeting

Westerners still hold some “anxiety” and “hesitancy” about a new RTO in the region, says EIM Governing Body Chair Doug Howe.

Western Energy Imbalance Market leaders endorsed CAISO’s controversial proposal to give generators more bidding flexibility.

MISO’s Monitor is backing the RTO’s proposal to allow generators to recoup a portion of make-whole payments even when their ramp rates fall short.

FERC approved ISO-NE’s reduction in the dynamic delist threshold for Forward Capacity Auction 13, turning aside protests by generators.

FERC approved ISO-NE’s two-stage capacity auction to accommodate state renewable energy procurements.

While structural issues persist, PJM's markets were competitive in 2017, the RTO's Market Monitor said Thursday contradicting concerns from PJM and some stakeholders that prices are unsustainably low.

The PUCT cleared the way for Sempra Energy to acquire Oncor Electric Delivery and for Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to migrate from SPP to ERCOT.

ISO-NE power prices last year climbed from record lows, but they didn't recover by much after cheap natural gas and declining demand left them at the second-lowest level on record .