As they have in the past four years, the trends in natural gas dominated the discussion of FERC’s annual State of the Markets report.

FERC will open a 60-day comment period on potential changes to its policy statement on the permitting of natural gas pipelines.

MISO challenged a 2017 NERC assessment that found two areas in the RTO would challenges during a disruption of natural gas delivery.

Congress will be watching FERC’s review of its policy on licensing natural gas pipelines very closely. Any changes FERC makes are unlikely to please all members, however.

Panelists at the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association’s Environmental Conference discussed the turmoil at EPA, as well as the dangers of climate change.

Electric vehicles are increasing on California highways, but future growth is dependent on solving critical issues, PUC Commissioner Carla Peterman said.

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

ISO-NE’s 2018 Regional Electricity Outlook reiterates concerns about fuel security that were detailed in a separate report published by the RTO last month.

Generators fared better during the early January cold snap than in the 2014 polar vortex, officials told Congress, but New England needs to take urgent preventative action.

PJM has a lot on its plate for 2018, including an ongoing effort to change its capacity market structure, the DOE NOPR and gas-electric coordination.