Policymakers and industry officials gathered for NARUC Winter Policy Summit, where they discussed coal and nuclear power, among other topics.

The Department of Energy convened to gather information for the department’s 2019 electric transmission congestion study.

The Energy Bar Association’s Mid-Year Energy Forum featured a debate over FERC Order 1000 and a discussion of return on equity incentive adders.

SPP’s Market and Operations Policy Committee unanimously approved staff recommendations to revise the SPP-MISO Coordinated System Plan.

Transmission planning in the Eastern Interconnection is well-coordinated among its planning authorities, according to EIPC.

Landowner groups opposed to Transource's Independence Energy Connection are directing their activism at PJM.

FERC rejected PJM’s proposal to exempt incumbent transmission owners from signing designated entity agreements (DEAs).

FERC denied a rehearing request of its November 2017 order on remand regarding transmission cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region.

Federal courts rejected two challenges involving FERC Order 1000: one to Minnesota's ROFR law, and another to MISO's interregional cost allocation.

SPP said it is accepting applications for industry experts to serve on a fourth independent panel to review Order 1000 transmission proposals in 2019.