I can tell you on behalf of FedNor that, as a practice, any project that is rejected gets a very meaningful letter advising what the rationale was by which the project was rejected, because sometimes we misunderstand the project, or sometimes a proponent says to us that they misrepresented what they really wanted to do. It provides for an appeal mechanism. They just don't get told “we regret to advise you, have a nice day, and goodbye...”. They get told why we made the decision that we did.
On April 21st, 2016. See this statement in context.