New England power generators asked a federal appeals court to overturn FERC orders that accepted ISO-NE’s change to a sloped demand curve in advance of this year’s Forward Capacity Auction.

PJM members were asked last week to consider allowing generators to revise their offers hourly in the energy market to reflect changes in gas prices.

A meeting among the New England congressional delegation, ISO-NE and FERC Chairman Cheryl LaFleur ended the way that it started: with LaFleur and the RTO defending rising capacity prices and the delegation unhappy.

FERC approved the purchase of 12,500 MW of generation from Duke Energy and Energy Capital Partners by Dynegy, the final approval needed for both deals.

The Connecticut Department of Energy issued its IRP last week, warning of natural gas pipeline constraints and stiffer competition for renewable resources.

A divided FERC accepted the second regional compliance filing by ISO-NE to implement Order 1000, a filing that had languished for more than a year.

Maxim Power says market manipulation allegations by FERC are an attempt to gain leverage for a settlement of charges from subsequent, unrelated cases.

Representatives of PJM, ISO-NE and NYISO told FERC they are prepared to implement their states’ plans for complying with EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan.

Opponents of the Constitution Pipeline have threatened to go to court next week to force FERC to reconsider its approval of the project.

ISO-NE filed the results of its ninth Forward Capacity Auction with FERC on Friday, starting the clock on a 45-day comment period.