Transmission Operations

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.
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Heat Wave to Test Western Grid this Weekend
Forecasters say California and the Southwest will see extreme heat this weekend, with conditions like those that strained the grid over Labor Day weekend 2020.
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CAISO Updates EDAM Straw Proposal
CAISO's revised plan for a WEIM extended day-ahead market makes changes to transmission requirements and penalties for failing resource sufficiency evaluations.
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Battle Lines Drawn on FERC Tx Planning NOPR
Commenters disagreed over FERC’s proposed transmission planning rules, sparring over its 20-year planning horizon and reinstatement of the federal ROFR.
SPP Briefs: Week of Aug. 8, 2022
Canadian utility SaskPower and SPP have signed a 20-year agreement to more than quadruple transmission capacity between the two entities.
Lindsey Systems
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Aug. 11, 2022
PJM's Operating Committee heard proposals on improving the dispatch of renewables, changes to max emergency status and a new cold weather advisory.
PJM
Dominion CEO: SCC Order for OSW Performance Guarantee ‘Untenable’
The Virginia Corporation Commission approved Dominion Energy’s OSW project, but the utility’s CEO said the capacity performance guarantee is “disappointing.”
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SPP MOPC Approves Change Addressing Fuel Limitations
SPP stakeholders approved the ability of market participants facing fuel limitations to include opportunity costs in their mitigated offers.
FirstEnergy
FirstEnergy Spending $1.5B on Transmission Projects this Year
FirstEnergy's "Energizing the Future" spending plan to update its 24,000 miles of transmission lines and substations is paying off with higher profits.
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PJM Operating Committee Briefs: July 14, 2022
PJM's Operating Committee advanced plans to ease the scheduling of network service and manual language for hybrid resources.

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