FERC commissioners received briefings from staff about energy storage in RTOs and from the National Labs about grid modernization.

FERC told MISO that they must charge equal interconnection fees to all generators entering its queue regardless of whether they are internal, external, new or existing resources.

Interstate Power joined MidAmerican Energy in protesting the GIA that MISO filed for the Marshalltown Generating Station in Iowa.

FERC denied a rehearing request from LIPA in a dispute with a power plant developer over interconnection requirements.

FERC gave final approval to a NERC reliability standard on protective relays and preliminary approval to one for small generators.

FERC ruled 3-1 that EDF Energy's Merricourt wind project had failed to meet the deadlines in MISO’s interconnection procedure.

FERC approved a revised GIA proposed by MISO to link the Hoopeston wind project in rural Illinois to Ameren’s transmission.

MISO has settled on a transition plan for its new interconnection queue rules and intends to file Tariff changes with FERC by the end of the year.

NextEra Energy asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn two FERC orders in a generator interconnection dispute with Ameren Illinois.

FERC denied Shetek Wind’s request to rehear an order it issued last October accepting MISO’s termination of their generator interconnection agreement.