MISO, Big Rivers Electric Corp. and Century Aluminum have reached a settlement over the disputed system support resource agreement for Big Rivers’ Coleman plant in Hawesville, Ky.

Massachusetts regulators ruled that electric distribution companies can sign contracts for natural gas capacity and pass the costs on to electric ratepayers.

FERC sided with a Long Island power plant developer in its dispute with NYISO over interconnection standards the ISO sought to apply to the company’s proposed facility.

A key House committee approved what would be the first comprehensive energy legislation in eight years, but hopes for passage dimmed after amendments favored by the oil and gas industry and reductions in funding eroded bipartisan support.

The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee voted overwhelmingly Thursday to raise the energy market offer cap to $2,000/MWh in a move that outgoing CEO Terry Boston called “the stakeholder process at its best.”

The MISO board’s Markets Committee met at Potomac Economics headquarters in Fairfax, Va., to review the Market Monitor’s quarterly metrics report and its monitoring procedures.

A collection of issues being discussed by SPP stakeholders, including the RTO's voting procedures, the Clean Power Plan and reliability for this winter.

The Integrated System expands SPP's footprint to 14 states, adding the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming.

Our summary of the issues scheduled for votes at the PJM MRC and MC on 10/01/15. 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.

FERC approved MISO's rate schedules for the system support resource agreements at three aging power plants on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.