FERC has begun a non-public investigation over allegations of improprieties in MISO's April capacity auction and will hold a technical conference on the matter Oct. 20.

This week's state briefs include news on Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

This week's state briefs include news on Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Capacity Performance resources cleared at $151.50/MW-day in the transition auction for the 2017/18 delivery year, PJM said Wednesday.

IMEA has been working with PJM staff all year to find a way to continue using external capacity to fulfill its internal resource requirements.

This week's state briefs include news on Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.

PJM generators — such as Exelon, Dynegy, NRG and PSEG — will earn $10.9 billion from this year’s capacity auction in the first test of the RTO’s new Capacity Performance requirements.

PJM's first capacity auction under its new no-excuses policy saw prices rise 37% to $164.77/MW-day in most of the RTO.

This week's state briefs include news on Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined industrial consumers in calling for changes to MISO's capacity auction rules.