Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) called on FERC to speed up action on several matters, including pipelines and the Southeast Energy Exchange Market.

A group of North Carolina state legislators asked FERC to call a technical conference on alternatives to the proposed Southeast Energy Exchange Market.

Members of the proposed Southeast Energy Exchange Market answered FERC's latest deficiency letter and urged the commission not to delay approval.

Opponents of the proposed Southeast Energy Exchange Market renewed calls for a technical conference on energy market policy in the Southeast.

The sponsors of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market urged FERC to OK their plan to expand bilateral trading and reject calls for broader market changes.

Public interest and consumer groups asked Congress to order an independent study on the impact of FERC wholesale market policies on costs and reliability.

Clean energy advocates mounted new attacks on the Southeast Energy Exchange Market, saying it would offer a fraction of the benefits of an organized market.

Sponsors of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market responded to a FERC deficiency notice with changes to increase transparency and allay market power concerns.

Nine former FERC members urged the commission Wednesday to push for organized power markets in all regions of the country, including the West and Southeast.