Former NYISO CEO Stephen Whitley emphasized the importance of infrastructure in his keynote speech  at NECA’s 23rd Annual New England Energy Conference.

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

MISO and SPP are considering potential transmission upgrades under a joint model for identifying congested flowgates that could be relieved by economic projects.

This week's company briefs include news on Exelon, Dominion, Alliant, Alevo, and TVA. Plus the latest from IHS Cera Week and RGGI.

The MISO Market Monitor says transmission loading relief requests attributed to a TVA constraint are causing price volatility within the RTO.

This week's company briefs include news on Tennessee Valley Authority, Xcel Energy, AEP, FirstEnergy, Dominion, PSEG and NextEra.

This week's federal briefs cover FERC, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Congress.

Witnesses from the Southeast generally expressed far more concern than their counterparts in the Northeast during FERC’s technical conference on the EPA Clean Power Plan.

News briefs on companies doing business with RTOs. This week we include FirstEnergy, NRG, PPL, Exelon and the TVA.

A round-up of news from the MISO Board of Directors Markets Committee meeting on Feb. 25, 2015.