A U.S. Senate committee hearing featuring FERC commissioners focused on issues outside of FERC’s jurisdiction, including Democrats’ energy proposals.

FERC approved an interconnection waiver requested by CAISO for two 30-MW generating units needed for reliability.

FERC rejected challenges to its December decision regarding end-of-life projects in PJM but opened the door for a future challenge.

More than 600 people attended the NARUC Summer Policy Summit in person and hundreds more watched via livestream.

FERC set a base return on equity of 9.33% on the Mystic Generating Station’s reliability-must-run contract, using methodology it introduced last year.

FERC Chairman Richard Glick says "the time is right for the states, the region’s utilities and other key stakeholders" to form one or more Western RTOs.

FERC nixed requests for rehearing of its decision to examine safety concerns in the operation of a natural gas compressor station in Mass.

FERC approved two natural gas pipeline projects after accepting a last-minute amendment from Commissioner James Danly to gain his support.

FERC granted Thunderhead Wind’s request for a waiver of SPP’s interconnection procedures, allowing the RTO to evaluate an alternative interconnection point.

PJM’s minimum offer price rule is living on borrowed time if the comments at FERC’s technical conference on capacity markets are any guide.