This week's company briefs include news on Aliso Canyon, NorthWestern Energy, PacifiCorp, First Energy, DTE and others.

FERC accepted Pacific Gas & Electric’s (NYSE:PCG) filing for a proposed rate increase under the utility’s transmission owner tariff, but suspended implementation of the increase for five months.

Maxim Power will pay $8 million to settle a FERC complaint that it manipulated the New England power market in a fuel-switching scheme.

FERC ordered a pay cut for MISO transmission owners, reducing their ROE to 10.32% from 12.38%.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) sought to assure the PUCT that they won’t be constrained in their review of the company’s agreement to purchase Oncor.

This week's company briefs include news on Duke Energy, AEP Texas, NextEra Energy, Alliant Energy, Xcel Energy and others.

Shareholders voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve the $12.2 billion acquisition of Westar Energy (NYSE:WR) by Great Plains Energy (NYSE:GXP).

The PUCT accepted a proposal from ERCOT and SPP staff on coordinating their separate studies on Lubbock Power & Light’s planned move.

Marcus Hawkins, formerly a senior engineer in the Division of Regional Energy Markets at the Wisconsin PSC, has joined the Organization of MISO States as its director of member services and advocacy.

FERC directed further compliance filings from Entergy regarding its annual bandwidth filing and from MISO for Tariff revisions related to demand response.