News briefs on the federal agencies that impact those doing business in PJM's footprint. This week, we highlight the Environmental Protection Agency, Congress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Utilities in New Jersey and Maryland are fighting an attempt by a Competitive Power Ventures to enforce contracts that federal courts last year ruled invalid.

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

News briefs on companies in PJM Interconnection, this week including Duke, Exelon, Pepco, NextEra and Energy Counsel LLP.

FERC agreed to change the way it calculates returns on equity rates for electric utilities but split over its first application of the new formula in a case involving New England transmission owners.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 06/26/14. 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.

The California ISO’s expansion of its energy imbalance market to six other states have some asking the question: Is this the beginning of an RTO West?

FERC approved NERC reliability rules on geomagnetic disturbances, personnel training and capacity modeling.

News briefs from the states within the PJM footprint. This week we include Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.

FERC rejected calls for a technical conference on its November order allowing the sharing of non-public operational information between interstate gas pipelines and electric transmission providers.