Experts at crawling through the maze of regulations for building pipeline or electric transmission projects talked about their experiences at NECA.

Panelists at the 154th New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable in Boston discussed the recent failure of a nuclear subsidy bill in Connecticut.

Planning reserve margins are expected to be adequate for a hotter-than-normal summer, FERC said in its annual summer reliability report.

New England regulators expressed optimism that they will find a way for wholesale markets to coexist with state energy policies at NECPUC.

Energy storage technology is still moving faster than state regulators and the markets can accommodate, speakers said at NECPUC.

Customers installing behind-the-meter generation are stretching utilities beyond their role as vertically integrated monopolies, speakers said at NECPUC.

More than 300 participants attended the 70th Annual Symposium of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners (NECPUC).

ISO-NE rejected a request to conduct an independent analysis on whether renewable energy and carbon reduction policies are creating a need for transmission.

NESCOE said that only states should have the ability to identify public policy-driven transmission needs for evaluation by ISO-NE.

ISO-NE is working to adopt clustering methodology to speed the development of new capacity, particularly to help free wind power trapped in Maine.