Carbon dioxide emissions rose about 7% in New England last year as the loss of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant increased fossil fuel generation.
FERC said it is streamlining its rehearing orders and creating a dedicated legal team within the Office of General Counsel to handle them.
New York regulators OK'd a contract to keep the struggling R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant operating through March 2017.
FERC rejected the city of Osceola’s demand that Entergy Arkansas provide refunds for unlawful bandwidth equalization payments.
Reversing a prior decision, FERC ruled that PJM transmission owners should pay all of the cost of projects that solely address a TO’s local planning criteria.
FERC won’t be revisiting the demand response compensation rules under Order 745, commissioners said at the NARUC winter meetings.
This week's company briefs include news on GridLiance, CMS, Mississippi Power, Ameren Missouri, Westar, Duke, Exelon, Talen and DONG Energy.
Canada’s Algonquin Power & Utilities has agreed to purchase The Empire District Electric Co. for $2.4 billion.
Investor-owned utilities will have a central role in the expansion of distributed generation and renewables, the industry’s trade group told securities analysts.
FERC's general counsel said that there are “significant benefits” to allowing challenges to rates that take effect as a result of a commission deadlock.
