Ex-FERC Commissioners Norman Bay and Colette Honorable told war stories and commented on recent commission rulemakings at a forum on energy storage policy.

FERC's NOPR on transmission planning and cost allocation is based on false premises and undermines the agency's credibility, says columnist Steve Huntoon.

SPP staff added details to a joint proposal with MISO for replacing their affected systems study process with interregional transmission analyses.

FERC proposed new rules it said would clear clogged interconnection queues and provide more certainty on upgrade costs while encouraging new technologies.

FERC approved two NOPRs on Thursday aimed at improving utilities' planning for the long-term impacts of climate change to the bulk power system.

PJM filed its long-awaited plan for untangling its interconnection queues, proposing to switch to a “first-ready, first-served” procedure.

PJM's stakeholders discussed reserve requirements, a new committee on interconnection processes, DOE's Transmission Facilitation Program and OSW transmission.

MISO is proposing a makeover of its generator retirement studies that includes more notice and stiffer adherence to local reliability requirements.

The Senate and Assembly passed bills to speed transmission development and lower costs as lawmakers tried to help the state meet its renewable power goals.

A draft version of MISO’s MTEP 22 calls for $3.8 billion in spending over 364 new transmission projects in the footprint, stakeholders heard.