Following FERC’s technical conference on tensions between wholesale electric markets and policy initiatives, the commission invited comments on five paths.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied eight challenges to PJM’s Capacity Performance rules, potentially cementing changes to the RTO's capacity market.

The Supreme Court rejected the Maryland PSC attempt to subsidize CPV's combined cycle plant, saying it interfered with FERC jurisdiction.

The Clean Power Plan was the hot topic at the NARUC winter meetings, but attendees also heard discussions about the growth of wind and a debate on capacity markets.

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

A 2007 article in the Energy Law Journal by Michael H. Dworkin and Rachel Aslin Goldwasser gave perhaps the definitive answer of what an RTO is.

FERC denied requests for changes to Order 807, which granted a blanket waiver from Tariff requirements to owners and operators of generator tie lines.

A study by the APPA estimates that PJM's Capacity Performance rules will increase costs to consumers by $7.3 billion over the 2016-2019 delivery years.

William R. Mayben will retire next year after serving seven years on the PJM Board of Managers. Mayben will remain until a successor is named.

Less than 3% of generation capacity constructed in 2013 was developed solely for sale into organized electricity markets, according to a study by APPA.