Speakers at a CAISO Regional Issues Forum discussed their approach to effectively integrating hydropower, coal and jointly owned plants into the EIM.

FERC may consider additional changes to its hydropower licensing rules following a review prompted an executive order by President Trump.

FERC set a 40-year default term for hydropower licenses, a move it said will reduce administrative costs and encourage dam owners to upgrade capacity.

FERC issued orders revising how MISO deals with its neighbors when incorporating power flows between the RTO and Manitoba Hydro.

FERC granted Grand River Dam Authority’s request for a permanent 2-foot increase in the reservoir level of the 105-MW Pensacola Project.

NARUC President John W. “Jack” Betkoski III called for more transparency at the NEPOOL and said he plans to focus his tenure on the “water-energy nexus.”

Negative day-ahead prices surged in CAISO during the first quarter stemming from surpluses of solar and hydroelectric output.

Congress rejected President Trump’s proposal for deep budget cuts at EPA and the Department of Energy (DOE).

A proposed law giving FERC authority over the licensing of all hydropower projects has advanced to the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Developers of certain hydroelectric projects can feasibly get federal approval within two years under current regulations, FERC staff said in a report.