S&P Global Market Intelligence editors' picks for the best stories for the week ended May 25.
1. Top FERC economist heading to Vistra Energy regulatory team
Vistra Energy Corp. has hired Arnold Quinn, an outgoing top-ranking agency director and senior economist at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to help lead the company's regulatory affairs group in Washington, D.C.
2. Stakeholders: ISO-NE reliability agreement for Mystic units 'a new frontier'
Citing the unprecedented nature of the ISO New England's request for permission to enter into a reliability must-run agreement to keep two units of Exelon Corp.'s Mystic Generating Station operational, stakeholders warned federal regulators about the potential pitfalls of expanding the use of those agreements to address fuel security concerns.
3. Rail, mines, power need solution to keep coal competitive, rail CEO says
CSX Corp. President and CEO James Foote said the railroad is trying to come up with strategies that will prevent U.S. utilities from continuing to retire coal-fired power plants, even as a recent uptick in export demand has kept miners and rail providers busy.
4. Drillers crowded out of Permian Basin find room for returns in Eagle Ford Shale
In April, the law firm Haynes and Boone LLP asked a group of oil and gas executives to pick the next big play in the U.S. The Eagle Ford Shale was the most popular choice on the belief that it would be best-suited for producers looking for future alternatives to the Permian Basin.
5. Trump 'dismantling the regulatory state' to revive coal, Interior adviser saysRail, mines, power need solution to keep coal competitive, rail CEO says
A U.S. Department of the Interior official assured an audience of coal supporters that the agency is "dismantling the regulatory state brick by bureaucratic brick to revive coal."
