The U.S. electric industry will face reliability concerns in four years if the interim goals of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan aren’t relaxed, the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said last week.

Natural gas demand and production both set records in 2014, while gas trading declined for the fourth straight year, FERC reported last week.

Natural gas industry representatives reacted coolly to the idea of a centralized gas trading platform, suggesting the industry could improve its service to electric generators through smaller, incremental changes.

Duke Energy, Dominion Resources and other partners last week proposed a 550-mile, $5 billion pipeline to carry natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations to Virginia and eastern North Carolina.

Federal officials should do more to reduce leaks in natural gas distribution pipelines, the EPA’s Inspector General said in a report last week.

A look at how MISO and the Northeast RTOs are planning to cope with winter 2014-15.

Natural gas production and demand hit new records in 2013, and futures prices suggest the trend may continue this year, FERC said, FERC said in their 2013 state of the markets presentation.

Statistical highlights of the Market Monitor's 2013 State of the Market report.

Briefs from federal agencies governing PJM Interconnection and other national organizations. This week's news include stories from the Supreme Court, the OECD, the GAO, the NRC, and other national news.

State briefs from around PJM's territory. Included this week are Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.