Increased use of renewable energy will depress energy prices, increase capacity prices and lead to early retirement of baseload plants, according to ISO-NE.

This week's company briefs include news on Duke, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Berkshire Hathaway, Tesoro and Disney.

The ISO-NE Market Monitor said the increase was largely driven by higher fuel costs in the first quarter.

ISO-NE is considering delaying full integration of demand response into its markets by a year due to uncertainty about FERC’s authority over the resource.

This week's company briefs include news on NextEra, Duke, Advanced Power, E.ON, Entergy and Wind Capital Group.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability and Members Committees on March 31, 2015.

FERC last week approved a MISO proposal to exempt some owners of retiring coal plants from capacity deficiency penalties.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 03/26/15. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage.

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