FERC has brushed aside a complaint brought forward by two companies about Ameren Illinois’ annual informational formula rate update and true-up

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

The NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) bid to acquire Oncor may have to navigate some choppy waters with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT).

An executive for power plant developer Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) was among those named in a broad bribery indictment by federal authorities on Thursday.

ERCOT will continue its reliability must-run agreement with NRG Energy’s Greens Bayou Unit 5 after a solicitation produced no viable alternatives.

The Valley Electric Association board of directors approved an agreement to sell the cooperative’s 230-kV transmission network to GridLiance for about $200 million.

FERC approved the Macquarie Energy (ASX:MQG) request to revise its market-based rate tariff to allow the company to engage in short-term simultaneous transactions along a key Pacific Northwest transmission system.

AEP (NYSE:AEP) has reached a deal to sell more than 5,000 MW of Ohio and Indiana merchant generation to The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) and ArcLight Capital Partners for about $2.2 billion.

A group of MISO transmission owners has petitioned Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan for more time to draft a petition challenging FERC's Order 1000.

Mel Coleman, president of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) board of directors, spoke at the Clinton School of Public Service about the association's efforts to expand broadband Internet access and the history of the electric co-op.