FERC approved a settlement allowing TransCanyon to collect a 9.8% base ROE for any projects it builds under the CAISO FERC Order 1000 competitive solicitation process.

PJM Market Monitor Joe Bowring and others debated the role and value of the RTO's financial transmission rights market at OPSI's annual meeting last week.

The latest ISO-NE briefing on its ongoing economic study focused on the shortfall of energy market revenues, prospects for storage and meeting RPS goals.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee on Oct. 27, 2016.

The length of the Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) project in MISO MTEP 16 will have to be extended, increasing its cost and reducing its benefit-cost ratio.

FERC last week eliminated the must-offer obligation in effect throughout WECC since the tail-end of the California energy crisis of 2000-2001.

FERC denied Dominion's request for rehearing of an order rejecting its challenge to ISO-NE’s 2016 Forward Capacity Auction over a paperwork error.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on PSEG, Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration and other organizations.

This week's state briefs include news on Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New York and other states.

MISO announced on Friday it had changed 4 elements of its proposed forward capacity auction, prompting renewed calls to delay filing at FERC.