State regulators and others urged FERC to increase oversight of “local” transmission projects while TOs insisted existing cost controls are sufficient.

The Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission convened during NARUC’s meeting to talk local project review and best practices on cost management.

FERC's technical conference highlighted gaps between the commission, state regulators and RTOs in their oversight of transmission planning.

Industrial energy users and other ratepayers are balking at FERC’s proposal to abandon Order 1000’s competition measures.