Talen Energy agreed to pay a $1 million fine after toxic waste from its Brunner Island plant seeped into groundwater and the nearby Susquehanna River.

With the U.S. Senate bolting for a five-week recess, it’s becoming apparent FERC will be operating with only three commissioners until at least September.

Commissioners were pitted against industry stakeholders in an energy-themed “Family Feud” that capped off the 2019 NARUC Summer Policy Summit.

Regulators should preserve the multiple incentives currently offered to transmission developers, former FERC commissioners said.

FERC reduced paperwork for electricity sellers with market-based rate authority, while Commissioner Richard Glick dissented on connected entities.

FERC reaffirmed that Pacific Gas & Electric participates voluntarily in CAISO and qualifies for hefty financial incentives to remain in the ISO.

Current and former colleagues gathered at FERC headquarters to praise departing Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur, whose term ends Aug. 31.

New England regulators and stakeholders told FERC they fear ISO-NE’s fuel security proposal could increase costs without solving winter supply concerns.

State regulators, utilities and public power groups asked an appeals court to overturn part of FERC’s landmark rule on energy storage.

FERC ordered Vitol and a senior trader to show cause why they should not be fined for manipulating CAISO’s market to limit losses on the company’s CRRs,