Entergy Mississippi gained FERC approval to purchase the 810-MW Choctaw Generating Station for $314 million from NRG Wholesale Generation.

FERC called for reliability rules requiring generator owners to winterize units, citing a cold snap that caused MISO and SPP to seek load reductions.

MISO’s Independent Market Monitor has a different opinion of the RTO’s summer supply picture three weeks into the season.

PG&E named the former head of the TVA as its CEO and assembled a “refreshed” board of 13 directors including people with FERC and EIM experience.

The MISO Board of Directors learned about the recent discovery that PJM had been committing two market-to-market (M2M) errors.

TVA's Watts Bar 2 nuclear unit, which went offline in March because of an equipment problem, is expected to remain down until sometime this summer.

Two Arkansas landowner groups filed suit to block the 700-mile HVDC Plains & Eastern Clean Line project, questioning the legality of the project’s approval and its right to use eminent domain.

Former NYISO CEO Stephen Whitley emphasized the importance of infrastructure in his keynote speech  at NECA’s 23rd Annual New England Energy Conference.

RTOs and ISOs will take part in 15 research and development projects awarded almost $38 million in funding by the Energy Department.

MISO and SPP are considering potential transmission upgrades under a joint model for identifying congested flowgates that could be relieved by economic projects.