Two panels at the Energy Bar Association’s Mid-Year Energy Forum offered views of the future: one for coal, and one for intermittent sources.

FERC set a 40-year default term for hydropower licenses, a move it said will reduce administrative costs and encourage dam owners to upgrade capacity.

Gas supply for New England and Southern California is the top reliability concern for the coming winter, FERC officials said.

Speaking Tuesday at the Energy Bar Association’s midyear conference, FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee tallied off six objectives for revising the commission’s regulatory posture.

The fate of the West’s coal-fired power was already sealed prior to the EPA announcement that it will seek to repeal the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

FERC's consideration of the impact of greenhouse gas emissions won’t have a “significant” impact on the licensing of natural gas pipelines, Chatterjee said.

Columnist Steve Huntoon argues that the Energy Department's grid resiliency pricing NOPR was issued at the behest of the coal industry.

The lack of cohesive policy remains the chief obstacle to integrating energy storage, a panel of experts said at the Infocast Transmission Summit West.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Thursday defended his call for supporting struggling coal and nuclear plants: “these resources must be revived, not reviled.”

MISO previewed its comments to FERC in response to Rick Perry’s proposal to allow “resilient” resources with a 90-day on-site supply of fuel.