Transmission

WECC
WECC Explores Greater Role in Transmission Planning
WECC said it struck “gold” from the details it gleaned from stakeholder interviews on the greatest challenges to transmission planning in the West.
SPP
SPP Continues its Counterflow Optimization Work
SPP is taking another crack at adding counterflow optimization to the congestion-hedging process following a late-August workshop.
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MISO, Members Debate Deploying AARs
MISO, its Monitor and members debated the best course to implementing ambient adjusted line ratings during a Sept. 15 Advisory Committee discussion.
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WECC Forum Elicits Hopes, Fears About Future of Electric Sector
At its first in-person gathering since the onset the pandemic, WECC convened a forum to learn what keeps members up at night when they think of the future.
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MISO Executives Spotlight Fleet Evolution Planning, Risks
MISO Board Week focused on the industry shift underway as the RTO plans to get more transmission lines strung to bring record amounts of new capacity online.
Transmission Developers Inc.
New York PSC Raises Champlain Hudson Debt Ceiling to $6B
The NY PSC authorized developers of the Champlain Hudson Power Express to take on up to $6 billion in debt to build the line from Quebec to New York City.
Cal Fire
Utilities File Incident Reports in Latest California Wildfires
PG&E and Southern California Edison have filed incident reports with the California PUC related to the two largest wildfires burning in the state.
Xcel Energy
MISO’s 2022 Tx Planning Cycle Exceeds $4B
MISO’s 2022 Transmission Expansion Plan now clocks in at 384 new projects, totaling about $4.3 billion.
PJM
PJM TEAC Briefs: Sept. 6, 2022
The price tag on Dominion Energy’s “Data Center Alley” transmission upgrades in Northern Virginia has grown by $24.6 million to $627.6 million.
NYISO
NYISO Proposes Fixes for Interconnection Backlog
NYISO plans to narrow the scope of its interconnection studies and revise related pro forma agreements to address increasing grid connection requests.

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