As FERC considers changes in its merger policy, panelists at the Energy Bar Association (EBA) discussed the pros and cons of adding tests to determine market power.

PJM and its Independent Market Monitor (IMM) debated the RTO's plan to implement a fuel-cost policy review process in a special three-hour MIC meeting.

Tucson Electric could become the latest Western utility to lose authorization to sell electricity at market-based rates within its balancing authority area.

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

FERC proposed reducing the amount of ownership information that companies must provide to obtain market-based rate authority.

PJM Market Monitor Joe Bowring said that the RTO must include strong market-power protections in rules allowing generators to change their offers hourly.

FERC approved PJM's Capacity Performance proposal, a dramatic restructuring of the RTO's capacity market.

PPL’s plan to spin off its generation into Talen Energy needs additional mitigation to address local market power concerns, PJM’s market monitor told FERC.

Power sellers in PJM will no longer have to submit market power screens under proposed changes to FERC's market-based rate (MBR) regulations.

Load representatives concerned by reports of generators’ bidding strategies in May’s PJM capacity auction reacted by threatening to block an initiative by Exelon Corp. to provide more informative supply curves.