Texas regulators are concerned that transmission projects along the U.S. border with Mexico may threaten their exclusive jurisdiction over ERCOT.

Speakers at last week's NARUC Annual Meeting agreed that state-federal tension over electricity policy is likely to continue.

FERC said it will let MISO and SPP work with their stakeholders to determine whether they should require refund commitments from nonpublic utility members.

FERC said that a proposed revision to the Federal Power Act that would increase the right to appeal rate changes may have only limited effectiveness.

RTO officials acknowledged their challenges but asked Congress not to depart from 20 years of supporting wholesale markets.

The D.C. Circuit upheld a Connecticut law that requires utilities to enter into contracts with renewable energy facilities.

NARUC Panelists agreed that while the election of Donald Trump has clouded the future of federal energy policy, the Clean Power Plan won’t figure into it.

FERC said it is considering changing how it evaluates market power in electric utility mergers and applications for market-based rate authority.

FERC reassured LS Power  that its plan to base some of its interstate administrative and operational activities in its Austin, Texas, office won’t trigger commission jurisdiction over ERCOT.

FERC declined MISO’s request to reconsider a refund order stemming from transmission pricing complaints filed by DTE Energy more than a decade ago.