September 30, 2024

Transmission Planning

Record Number of Entrants Line up for MISO Queue
Facing an unprecedented number of new generator applicants, MISO reaffirmed its aim to speed up its interconnection queue.
Panel: Much More Tx Needed for New England OSW
New England needs to build much more onshore transmission to facilitate the incoming surge of offshore wind generation, panelists on a NECA webinar said.
SPC Endorses SPP’s Strategic Market Roadmap
SPP’s Strategic Planning Committee unanimously endorsed the RTO's Strategic Market Roadmap for 2020, designed to improve market efficiency, reliability and price formation.
MISO Foresees Massive Shift to Renewables by 2040
MISO said it foresees hundreds of gigawatts in mostly carbon-free resource additions by 2040, according to its new transmission planning future scenarios.
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: July 7, 2020
PJM is looking to select a new load model for the 2020 reserve requirement study focused on the 2024/25 delivery year.
PJM Stakeholders OK PMU Requirement
PJM stakeholders endorsed “quick-fix” manual revisions to expand the use of synchrophasors and make them a requirement for certain projects under the RTEP.
Electricity Industry Asks for Regulatory Certainty
Panelists expressed worry about regulatory uncertainty during a FERC technical conference on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the industry.
Panelists: COVID-19 Impact on Tx Planning Unclear
The COVID-19 pandemic has added complexity to near-term electricity demand forecasting, but long-term impacts remain unclear, FERC commissioners heard.
PJM Dusts off ‘State Agreement’ Tx Approach
PJM is dusting off a never-used mechanism that would allow states to pay for transmission needed to achieve public policy goals.
Md. PSC OKs Independence Energy Connection Deal
The Maryland PSC approved a settlement allowing Transource Energy to move forward with its Independence Energy Connection transmission project.

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