Acting FERC Chairman Willie Phillips made his first comments since taking over the agency.

FERC approved an expansion of a major pipeline to serve the East Coast despite doubts about its need by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.

FERC rescinded RTO participation incentives for two AEP affiliates on the grounds that Ohio law compels transmission owners to participate in an RTO.

FERC approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would pave the way for overriding state regulators’ rejections of certain transmission projects.

In a workshop, FERC commissioners and stakeholders debated the pros and cons of requiring minimum transfer capability between regions to promote reliability.

The Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission convened during NARUC’s meeting to talk local project review and best practices on cost management.

FERC accepted an SPP tariff request to establish an alternative process allowing entities to apply for waivers to the transmission cost-allocation process.

FERC ruled that three municipal power providers would not violate their full requirements power contracts by installing battery storage.

FERC's technical conference highlighted gaps between the commission, state regulators and RTOs in their oversight of transmission planning.

Commissioners Mark Christie and James Danly addressed the pros and cons of the West’s pursuit of greater market coordination at the fall CREPC-WIRAB meeting.