Texas regulators have approved the first transmission project in the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, along with several other projects.

The U.S. Department of Energy has terminated 321 grants totaling $7.56 billion for 223 projects, apparently targeting Democratic-leaning states.

Duke Energy filed its long-range plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission, calling for more natural gas-fired generation and batteries while keeping existing coal plants online to meet accelerated demand for electricity.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is closing in on a gas-for-coal swap at its Cumberland plant after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected environmental groups’ arguments against FERC’s environmental review.

PacifiCorp asked the WPP’s Board of Directors to allow WRAP participants to defer their decision to commit to the program’s binding phase by at least one year.

The R Street Institute has ranked the states on their embrace of policies related to competition, which includes retail power markets, RTO membership, smart metering policies and friendliness to distributed resources.

U.S. energy agencies including FERC laid out their plans for operations during the federal government shutdown.

Representatives of major gas pipeline companies said they are optimistic that political shifts at the federal and state levels will create opportunities for gas infrastructure expansion in New England.

The PJM Members Committee overwhelmingly voted to appoint Robert Ethier and Le Xie to fill two vacant positions on the RTO’s Board of Managers.