President Trump’s nominees to FERC gave boilerplate answers to senators’ questions on hydroelectric project licensing following their confirmation hearing.

MISO has promised to publish a guide describing its cost allocation process for competitive transmission projects by August.

The major elements of PJM’s proposed structure for its competitive planning processes moved past the PJM Planning Committee.

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

The NYISO Management Committee discussed the upcoming summer, an annual review of the Market Monitoring Unit and Tariff changes.

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

MISO and PJM are evaluating proposed interregional market efficiency projects, but a supplemental project by AEP could undermine most of the proposals.

PJM’s Planning Committee held its first special session on cost caps and other cost-containment provisions for competitive transmission bids.

The applicability of right of first refusal laws could influence selection for more than 20 projects proposed for MISO’s 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan.

The leaders of Exelon, Linde, American Municipal Power, Calpine and Direct Energy had different takes on changes in the industry at the PJM Annual Meeting.