A repeat of last winter should not imperil the nation's power system, NERC said. Meanwhile, FERC ordered RTOs and ISOs to file reports on their efforts to ensure generators have adequate fuel.

FERC staff accused Canadian power producer Maxim Power of misrepresenting the output of its three New England generators and its cost of fuel.

ISO-NE released its annual report, highlighting the challenges related to plant retirements, inadequate gas infrastructure and initiatives in transmission planning, renewables and distributed resource integration.

PJM officials are developing contingency plans for their 2015 capacity auctions in the wake of last week’s stay of the D.C. Circuit Court's EPSA ruling.

ISO-NE "will be in a precarious operating position for the next several winters due to the natural gas pipeline constraints," spokeswoman Marcia Blomberg said.

PJM electric consumers are spending $433 million a year in excess capacity because the RTO’s load forecasts fail to fully capture energy efficiency, according to a report by The Brattle Group.

FERC called for changes in ISO-NE’s capacity market rules but split over whether it should reject the results from the ISO’s February auction due to unchecked market power.

At FERC's uplift hearing, PJM was a target for criticism from market participants smarting over the $600 million uplift bill from January’s polar vortex.

Dynegy’s purchase of Energy Capital Partners’ New England power plants will immediately make it a major participant in ISO-NE.

Dynegy announced Friday it will nearly double its capacity with the purchase of about 12,400 MW of generation from Duke Energy and private equity firm Energy Capital Partners.