FERC approved an uncontested settlement agreement granting PNM a 10% base return on equity on its transmission operations.
FERC denied a rehearing request from LIPA in a dispute with a power plant developer over interconnection requirements.
FERC accepted a compliance filing from Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities to hold joint meetings on regional transmission projects.
FERC gave final approval to a NERC reliability standard on protective relays and preliminary approval to one for small generators.
This week's state briefs include news on Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, and others.
FERC rejected a complaint by Tenaska that PJM inappropriately disqualified the company's combustion turbines as Tier 1 synchronized reserves.
On-peak day-ahead electricity prices in the U.S. were down 27 to 35% in 2015 due to cheap natural gas, FERC staff said in its State of the Markets report.
FERC declined MISO’s request to reconsider a refund order stemming from transmission pricing complaints filed by DTE Energy more than a decade ago.
FERC granted Entergy permission to exclude the above-market portion of the price paid for electricity under two PPAs.
FERC gave the go-ahead for American Transmission Company (ATC) and Wisconsin Power & Light (WP&L) to swap a combined $830,000 worth of assets.
