FERC said it is considering changing how it evaluates market power in electric utility mergers and applications for market-based rate authority.

FERC reassured LS Power  that its plan to base some of its interstate administrative and operational activities in its Austin, Texas, office won’t trigger commission jurisdiction over ERCOT.

FERC declined MISO’s request to reconsider a refund order stemming from transmission pricing complaints filed by DTE Energy more than a decade ago.

A group of citizens groups has dusted off a forgotten provision of PURPA that it said requires FERC to provide public funding for interventions before the agency.

FERC's general counsel said  that there are “significant benefits” to allowing challenges to rates that take effect as a result of a commission deadlock.

Connecticut officials told FERC that Allco Renewable Energy’s complaint is without merit because it is challenging a procurement program created by state law that is different from PURPA.

The bill includes includes provisions intended to protect the grid from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

RTOs, ISOs and exempt wholesale generators will no longer have to file FERC Form 566, a minor but annoying requirement.

PJM’s Board of Managers will ask FERC to approve a proposal opposed by generators to reduce payments to frequently mitigated units (FMUs).

PJM will join in calls asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its May 23 ruling on FERC Order 745.