November 8, 2024

Transmission Planning

Matt Weldon
AEP CEO: Transmission Provides Foundation for Growth
Newly minted American Electric Power CEO Bill Fehrman is promising to “embrace large load opportunities,” leverage its expertise in 765-kV transmission and deliver more positive regulatory outcomes.
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Trump’s Victory and its Implications for FERC, Power Markets
Change is coming to FERC after Tuesday's election, but the policies the agency oversees are rarely top of mind during campaigns, so it is unclear how much will be different.
Manitowoc Public Utilities
MISO: Wisconsin Coal Plant to Stay Online as SSR Unless Stakeholders Offer Solutions
MISO said unless stakeholders can come up with an alternative it hasn’t explored, it will have to renew its sole system support resource — Manitowoc Public Utilities’ Lakefront 9 coal unit — for another year.
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SPP Board/Regional State Committee Briefs: Oct. 28-29, 2024
SPP’s Board of Directors has approved the RTO’s 2025 operating and capital budgets and its net revenue requirement following a unanimous endorsement by the Members Committee.
FERC
FERC Dives into Data Center Co-location Debate at Technical Conference
A common refrain at FERC’s technical conference on the co-location of data centers was that the issue is just part the broader problem of resource adequacy.
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SPP Board Approves $7.65B ITP, Delays Contentious Issue
SPP’s Board of Directors approved the grid operator’s “historic” $7.65 billion package of transmission projects, but delayed a decision on a need date for two of the projects after stakeholders pushed back on staff’s staging recommendations.
Exelon
Exelon Reports 80% Increase in Data Center Forecasts in Q3 Earnings
Exelon CEO Calvin Butler told investors the utility's data center forecast has increased about 80% during an earnings call.
WIRES
Rosner Hopeful for Consensus on Order 1920 Rehearing
FERC Commissioner David Rosner talked about his hope for more consensus on rehearing for Order 1920, and a panel of experts discussed supply chain issues at the WIRES fall meeting.
ATC and ITC
MISO IMM Makes Closing Arguments Against $21.8B Long-range Tx Plan
MISO Independent Market Monitor David Patton has made a final stand against the RTO’s $21.8 billion long-range transmission plan, while members are advising the MISO Board of Directors that the IMM's opinions on transmission shouldn't hold water.
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Federal Judge Tosses Out Texas’ ROFR Law in Non-ERCOT Regions
A federal judge has blocked implementation of Texas' right-of-first-refusal law in the parts of the state overseen by FERC.

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