The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy advised FERC that TVA’s justification of a new gas plant construction is faulty, urging FERC to make its own assessment.

The Western Power Pool approved the tariff for its Western Resource Adequacy Program, readying the first-of-its-kind program for review by FERC.

NERC and the REs signaled support for FERC’s proposal to change transmission planning and cost allocation, calling the move “essential" for modernizing the BPS.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued rulings relating to the Mystic Generating Station, including granting review to a group of state regulators.

Entergy countered claims recently made to FERC that it is purposefully undermining transmission planning in MISO South.

Attorneys general for California, Oregon and Washington asked FERC to deny an application to expand a pipeline system that delivers natural gas to the 3 states.

The principals of GreenHat Energy will pay PJM $1.4 million to settle claims over the company’s FTR market default, which cost members nearly $180 million.

SREA said while MISO may have a robust transmission planning process, FERC should know that the RTO’s South region does not share in it.

LS Power was unsuccessful with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in separate attempts to force MISO to open more projects to competition.

FERC accepted SPP’s proposed tariff revisions to add an uncertainty reserve product to its Integrated Marketplace.