News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in PJM's footprint. This week, we highlight FERC, the EPA, the NRC and the Energy Department.

PJM received 106 proposals to fix about 50 reliability problems in the first Regional Transmission Expansion Plan Order 1000 window for 2014.

PJM dropped a proposal to consider changes to the regulation market after receiving a cool reaction from stakeholders and the Market Monitor.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Just days after Norman Bay was sworn in as FERC’s fifth member, Democrat John Norris announced he will resign his position almost three years early.

PJM officials last week defended their practice of creating interfaces to capture operator actions in response to voltage problems, saying they can’t guarantee the constraints will be modeled in FTR auctions.

News briefs on companies in the PJM Interconnection this week, including Vivint, Tennessee Valley Authority, Sunoco, FirstEnergy and PSEG Nuclear.

PJM member companies FirstEnergy, Duke Energy, NRG Energy, Dynegy and AES all announced second-quarter earnings last week.

After nearly four years of investigation, FERC publicly accused an energy trading firm of market manipulation in a case that dogged enforcement chief Norman Bay through his confirmation as commissioner.

News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in PJM's footprint. This week, we highlight the DOE, the EPA and the NRC.