TransCanada told regulators last week that it intends to mothball three of its Ravenswood gas peakers in New York City due to the units’ age and condition.

MISO said last week it is continuing discussions with SPP on one interregional project, despite earlier staff recommendations to not proceed.

MISO has notified FERC that it intends to terminate its system support resource agreement with Illinois Power’s Edwards unit 1 generator.

The developers of the Northern Pass transmission line have filed for siting approval from New Hampshire with a higher price tag, a slightly altered route and another adjustment in the amount of hydropower the project can carry from Canada.

The Members Committee overwhelmingly agreed last week to fund a $450,000 budget for the Consumer Advocates of the PJM States (CAPS), in part through an assessment on electric customers.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the EPA, the Canadian election's impact on Keystone, climate change and a dispute between two states.

A senior EPA official and a panel of legal experts gave their own opinions at Infocast’s second Clean Power Plan Summit in Washington last week.

Industry representatives and those that regulate or work with them gathered here last week to discuss the Clean Power Plan and its implications.

MISO's Board of Directors voted to switch to a quarterly meeting schedule from its current every-other-month calendar, a change likely to also be adopted by the Advisory Committee.

MISO is cool and collected heading into the winter, staff told the Markets Committee of the Board of Directors.