FERC Chairman Kevin McIntyre declined to say whether the commission will investigate how attorney William S. Scherman allegedly learned the contents of a pending order.

A former FERC general counsel attempted to privately lobby Commissioner Neil Chatterjee last week in a proceeding for which he appeared to have prior knowledge of a pending order.

FERC denied FirstEnergy’s request to transfer ownership of the coal-fired Pleasants plant in West Virginia from Allegheny Energy Supply to Mon Power.