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.

Natural gas demand and production both set records in 2014, while gas trading declined for the fourth straight year, FERC reported last week.

New York regulators last week delayed action on a financial lifeline for the R.E. Ginna nuclear plant in order to review its impact on ratepayers.

The Connecticut Department of Energy issued its IRP last week, warning of natural gas pipeline constraints and stiffer competition for renewable resources.

FERC last week left intact most of its 2010 order meant to mitigate market power in the installed capacity market in New York City.

FERC rejected an SPP proposal to review the information that transmission owners include in their initial revenue requirement filings after joining the RTO.

MISO and PJM have identified what lower-voltage flowgate projects could be done quickly and cheaply on their own sides of the seam.

IPPNY failed to persuade FERC that out-of-market payments that keep financially strapped generation operating to maintain system reliability suppress capacity prices.

This week's state briefs cover Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota and Ohio.

A divided FERC accepted the second regional compliance filing by ISO-NE to implement Order 1000, a filing that had languished for more than a year.