FERC begins 2019 with a new chairman and renewed questions about whether it will resist President Trump's efforts to deliver on his pledges to coal.

FERC clarified that rehearing requests on Order 845 did not delay its effective date, only the date that compliance filings are due.

FERC Commissioner Richard Glick reiterated his opposition to the Trump administration’s efforts to protect coal and nuclear generation.

FERC ordered new rules to increase the transparency and timeliness of the generator interconnection process.

Generation developers and transmission providers called for more direction from FERC to improve coordination of “affected system” studies.

Renewable developers sparred with transmission planners for MISO, SPP and PJM Tuesday over the RTOs' affected system studies.

FERC ordered a technical conference on how PJM, MISO and SPP coordinate generator interconnection studies on projects near their seams.

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

MISO briefed the System Planning Committee on next steps for the Duff-Coleman transmission project and the new generator interconnection queue rules.

FERC on Thursday proposed changes to its pro forma large generator interconnection rules intended to increase certainty and transparency for new resources.