FERC denied LS Power’s two petitions for recovery of costs in case the development of a 285-mile transmission line is abandoned, saying the developer failed to adequately show the project’s benefits.

FERC approved PJM's annual update to its tariff’s cost responsibility assignments for transmission projects set to be completed in 2025.

The Bonneville Power Administration kicked off the last public contract development workshop series under its "Provider of Choice" initiative, allowing stakeholders to provide input on the agency’s long-term power contracts that it will issue later this year.

Among other items, the Markets and Reliability Committee will consider whether to establish new wildfire procedures for the RTO and transmission owners to follow ahead of and during fire conditions which could impact transmission.

Board members have directed MISO to seek guidance on the role of the Independent Market Monitor in transmission planning following a year of IMM David Patton criticizing MISO’s nearly $22-billion long-range transmission portfolio.

BPA has temporarily paused certain transmission planning processes to consider new reforms in light of “exponential growth” of transmission service requests, staff told stakeholders during a workshop.

A band of incumbent utilities has collected case studies that they say demonstrate the need to instate or maintain the right of first refusal for the good of grid expansion.