This week's FERC and federal briefs include news on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Yucca Mountain, the White House and the Federal Reserve.

FERC said it expects sufficient resources to meet peak electric demand this summer despite coal-fired retirements, while NERC approved its summer reliability assessment.

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?