FERC said it needed more time to consider rehearing requests of its June 9 order largely approving PJM’s Capacity Performance plan.

The PJM Board of Managers approved staff’s recommendation for the stability fix at New Jersey’s Artificial Island, despite objections from the Delmarva Peninsula, which will be allocated nearly the full cost of the project.

SPP's latest analysis of EPA’s draft Clean Power Plan indicates state-by-state compliance with the plan would result in nearly 40% higher costs than a regional approach.

This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on BOEM, NRC, the Clean Power Plan and the presidential election.

The union representing workers at a Massachusetts power plant slated for closure is again asking federal regulators to reconsider its protest of ISO-NE capacity auction results.

The price tag on the proposed Northern Pass transmission line in New Hampshire appears likely to rise after a draft environmental impact statement released last week showed the cheapest route would also have the greatest environmental impact.

PJM members agreed last week to consider relaxing confidentiality rules, despite reservations from several utilities.

A summary of topics discussed by SPP working groups last week.

FERC has accepted revisions to the ISO-NE Tariff that make wind and hydropower resources more readily dispatchable.

Delmarva officials are lobbying the PJM board to reject planners’ recommended reliability fix for Artificial Island.