September 29, 2024

Transmission Planning

Group Hopes West Can be Wired for Grid Collaboration
Advisers to Western state governors briefed stakeholders on the Western Interconnection Regional Electricity Dialogue (WIRED) initiative.
Feds Revive, Seek Input on West ‘Energy Corridor’
Federal officials are seeking input on a revised plan to use Western federal lands to create a network of energy infrastructure pathways.
SPP Board of Directors/MC Briefs: Oct. 27, 2020
SPP’s Board of Directors approved 2021 operating & capital budgets that bend to the realities of COVID-19 and its potential economic impacts.
Overheard at WIRES Fall Member Meeting 2020
U.S. transmission system requires restructuring and greater alignment with public policy goals, industry insiders said at WIRES’ fall meeting.
MISO, SPP Heads Present Unified Front on Seams
The heads of MISO and SPP stood on common ground to discuss seams issues during the Organization of MISO States annual meeting.
Transource Tapped for SPP’s 2nd Competitive Tx Project
SPP awarded its second competitive transmission project under FERC Order 1000, the Sooner-Wekiwa project, to Transource Missouri.
MISO: Tx Beats Storage in Integrating Renewables
MISO’s shift to renewable resources can be supported by energy storage devices — but only to a small degree.
Vineyard Wind Reaches Tx Agreement with ISO-NE
Vineyard Wind announced that it reached a transmission agreement with ISO-NE to deliver power to the RTO’s grid for its offshore wind project
‘Macro Grid’ Study Promises Cost Savings, Emission Cuts
An Eastern Interconnection "macro grid" would produce 6 million jobs, cut CO2 and save consumers more than $100 billion, a new study says.
OSW Advocates Look to CREZ, Tehachapi Examples
Can single-state transmission projects like California's Tehachapi and Texas’ CREZ serve as models for offshore wind on the East Coast?

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