Panelists during WIRES’ virtual Summer Meeting discussed the impact of the pandemic on transmission rate structures, Order 1000 and FERC's incentives NOPR.

Experts from New England and New York debated how the electricity sector can transition as society moves to a low-carbon, increasingly electrified economy.

Larry Householder was voted out as Ohio House speaker and officially indicted by a federal grand jury on a racketeering conspiracy charge.

The privately held Infrastructure Investments Fund completed its acquisition of El Paso Electric after a final regulatory check by the NRC.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee called attention to federal efforts to encourage emerging technologies aimed at carbon dioxide management.

AEP CEO Nick Akins said that his company is innocent of wrongdoing in the alleged bribery scheme that resulted in the passage of Ohio H.B. 6, echoing a similar protestation by FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones.

President Trump announced he will nominate Virginia State Corporation Commission Chair Mark Christie and clean energy activist Allison Clements to FERC.

RTOs will need uniform interconnection processes if hybrid and co-located resources are to provide flexible, cost-effective service, panelists in a FERC conference said.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted FERC’s request for a delay in responding to the court’s order barring the commission’s use of tolling orders.

Industry stakeholders remain upbeat about the long-term prospects of renewable energy, as indicated by a panel during NARUC’s Summer Policy Summit.