A collection of news from FERC's open meeting, including this year's annual report and new NERC reliability rules.

A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on Nov. 19, 2015

FERC had approved NERC's Reliability Assurance Initiative in February, saying it would allow regulators to focus resources on the most serious issues.

The MISO Board of Directors discussed expanding the RTO's headquarters, increasing its 2015 operating budget and complying with the Clean Power Plan.

A collection of issues being discussed by SPP stakeholders, including the RTO's voting procedures, the Clean Power Plan and reliability for this winter.

FERC denied Sunflower Electric Power's request for a rehearing of a July 2014 order that rejected its bid to recover $5 million it claims it is owed for “backstopping” a power-supply arrangement.

FERC said it will require NERC to provide the commission access to its databases in what Chairman Norman Bay said is an effort to apply “Moneyball” techniques to reliability.

A collection of issues being discussed by SPP stakeholders, including the Clean Power Plan, reliability for this winter and a settlement with MISO.

A summary of issues the MISO Board of Directors discussed at the MISO Informational Forum last week.

The power outage that darkened the White House and much of D.C. on April 7 began with the failure of a 230-kV lightning arrester at a Pepco substation.