The NYPSC has come out against the New York Power Authority’s request for a nearly 10% increase in its transmission rates.
PJM will delay the transition auctions for the new Capacity Performance regime to comply with a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order that the RTO include demand response and energy efficiency.
FERC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that directs NERC to develop critical infrastructure protection rules for supply chain management.
DTE Electric has won federal approval to acquire a 320-MW natural gas-fired peaking plant from its parent company to help it meet MISO Zone 7 resource adequacy requirements.
Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC on 07/23/15. 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.
RTOs, ISOs and exempt wholesale generators will no longer have to file FERC Form 566, a minor but annoying requirement.
This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Interior Department, EPA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and NOAA.
A round-up of news from the SPP Strategic Planning Committee on July 16, 2015.
FERC ruled that a power plant owner must pay unnecessary capacity charges because it failed to correct ISO-NE records before a deadline set by the RTO’s Tariff.
FERC declined to rehear DTE Electric’s contention that MISO rules put generation developers at a disadvantage in the competition for reliability projects.









