October 8, 2024

Transmission Operations

SPP
Commitment Deadline Set for SPP West Participation
SPP is closing to setting a date by which interested members of its WEIS market must commit to full RTO membership.
PJM
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: July 15, 2021
PJM stakeholders endorsed tariff language revisions to exclude the right of first refusal process from evaluation of non-firm transmission service requests.
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FERC Tosses NV Energy Complaint Against CAISO Summer Plan
FERC dismissed an NV Energy complaint related to CAISO’s plan to restrict certain wheel-through transactions when tight power supply threatens reliability.
U.S. Forest Service
CAISO Declares Emergency as Fire Derates Major Transmission Lines
CAISO issued a grid warning as a wildfire in Oregon threatened one of the major transmission pathways between California and the Pacific Northwest.
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FERC OKs CAISO Wheel-through Restrictions
FERC approved CAISO's controversial rule changes on wheel-throughs, intended to ensure the ISO has adequate capacity this summer.
City of Spokane
Avista Orders Blackouts as Temperatures Soar
Thousands of customers of Avista Utilities lost power during a record-smashing heat wave when the utility ordered rolling blackouts in Spokane, Wash.
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MISO Monitor Warns of Ramping Needs, Tx Congestion
In his annual State of the Market report, MISO’s Monitor said transmission congestion and heightened ramping needs continue to dog the RTO.
Xcel Energy
FERC Accepts Documents in MISO TOs’ Self-fund Selection
The first amended agreements are trickling in following FERC's 2018 decision to reinstate transmission owners’ rights to self-fund network upgrades.
NextEra Energy
MISO Leadership Says Transmission Expansion, Market Redefinition ‘not Optional’
MISO execs say long-term transmission and a capacity market redesign are a must in response to rising climate risks and fleet change.
SPP
SPP Accrues Another $13.25M in M2M Settlements
SPP accrued $13.25 million in market-to-market settlements from MISO for April, pushing its total to $146.63 million since the process began in 2014.

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