FERC issued several orders last week regarding SPP and its members, including Missouri River Energy Services and Tri-County Electric Cooperative.

Defenders of the Illinois nuclear subsidy program faced harsh questioning from a judge skeptical that it avoids federal pre-emption concerns.

Texas Public Utility Commission (PUCT) Chair DeAnn Walker briefed her fellow commissioners on matters concerning SPP, MISO and FERC.

Texas regulators are concerned that transmission projects along the U.S. border with Mexico may threaten their exclusive jurisdiction over ERCOT.

Speakers at last week's NARUC Annual Meeting agreed that state-federal tension over electricity policy is likely to continue.

FERC said it will let MISO and SPP work with their stakeholders to determine whether they should require refund commitments from nonpublic utility members.

FERC said that a proposed revision to the Federal Power Act that would increase the right to appeal rate changes may have only limited effectiveness.

RTO officials acknowledged their challenges but asked Congress not to depart from 20 years of supporting wholesale markets.

The D.C. Circuit upheld a Connecticut law that requires utilities to enter into contracts with renewable energy facilities.

NARUC Panelists agreed that while the election of Donald Trump has clouded the future of federal energy policy, the Clean Power Plan won’t figure into it.