Transmission
FERC Order 1920's scenario based planning could help the industry get transmission planning right amidst a very uncertain future, experts said at EBA's Annual Meeting.
The Public Power Council told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that a lower court’s order requiring increased spill at dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers would exacerbate the risk of power shortages because the Pacific Northwest faces a hotter-than-usual summer.
FERC partly approved PJM’s proposed clarifications on the interconnection requirements for generators seeking to serve adjacent load, but rejected the RTO’s proposed definition of “co-located load,” finding it deviated from the commission’s directive.
FERC says it will rule in June on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the interconnection of large loads requested by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
FERC extended the timeline for the New England transmission owners to refund customers for excess revenues collected after the commission in March set a lower base return on equity with a 2014 effective date.
Panelists at the 2026 New York Energy Summit discussed the challenges facing the state's power grid amid a constantly shifting landscape.
FERC accepted SPP’s tariff revision that establishes procedures governing interregional transmission coordination in the Western Interconnection between the grid operator and its neighboring planning regions following its RTO Expansion.
The PJM Operating Committee endorsed manual revisions that included the elimination of a requirement that actual meter test results should be provided to the RTO.
PJM presented manual revisions to replace its standard for determining whether a resource point of interconnection on a distribution facility falls under federal or state jurisdiction.
FERC approved an agreement between Southern California Edison and Longroad Development Co. regarding interconnection of a 500-MW battery energy storage project, with one commissioner acknowledging Longroad remains “between a rock and a hard place.”
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