Permitting reform legislation is starting to move through Congress, with a key House committee holding a hearing and supporters lobbying legislators, though actually passing a bill is tough in any political climate.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision that sided with FERC on a PURPA case without using Chevron deference, agreeing with the commission's statutory interpretation.

After years of looking for a buyer, Consumers Energy announced it struck a $13 deal to sell its fleet of 13 hydroelectric dams in Michigan to a Bethesda, Md., private equity firm.

The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission violated the Constitution in denying Transource Energy permits necessary to construct the Independence Energy Connection transmission project.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government continues to put its stamp on the province’s energy policy, proposing legislation that would add “economic growth” to the missions of IESO and the Ontario Energy Board.

A new study looking at the business case for comparable behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter battery storage systems in Massachusetts found that FTM storage “significantly outperformed” the BTM systems, despite significant programs and incentives supporting BTM storage in the state.

The Department of Energy has withdrawn a $716 million loan commitment that would have helped New Jersey upgrade the state transmission system to connect offshore wind to the grid.

Six Western U.S. senators came out in support of the California legislation needed to transform CAISO’s market into an independent regional energy market, saying in a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom the bill promises "improved grid reliability and significant energy cost savings.”

Tri-State G&T is seeking FERC’s approval for a new tariff designed to manage the heavy volume of data center load expected to materialize in its member utilities’ service territories over the next decade.