FERC will review how it enforces the 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), with the commission’s treatment of the 1-mile rule a likely focus.

Connecticut officials shared their musings on a range of subjects, including the state’s energy policy, regulatory woes and China’s approach to siting nuclear plants.

PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo expressed confidence that the company’s five nuclear power plants will receive subsidies through New Jersey legislation.

Resilience, pipelines and PURPA topped the discussions at the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter meetings.

Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee told NARUC that hackers targeting the U.S. electric industry are growing more numerous and more skilled.

NARUC called on FERC to change its interpretation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to “align” the 1978 law “with modern realities.”

Panelists discussing the DOE NOPR on grid resiliency at the NARUC Annual Meeting agreed that energy markets should put a price on what the grid needs.

More than 1,300 regulators and other stakeholders attended the NARUC Annual Meeting in Baltimore while over 200 attended the NASUCA annual meeting.

Speakers at last week's NARUC Annual Meeting agreed that state-federal tension over electricity policy is likely to continue.

Department of Energy officials traveled to Baltimore to make their case for coal and nuclear price supports at the NARUC Annual Meeting.