Transmission Planning

New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board
Entergy Expedites MISO Tx Project, Cancels 4 Others
While Entergy New Orleans has expedited one transmission reliability project, Entergy Arkansas has canceled four reliability projects approved by MISO in 2018. 
Texas Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Hearings Begin on $2.9B ERCOT Securitization
The Texas PUC began hearings over ERCOT's request for a pair of debt-obligation orders to finance $2.9 billion incurred during the February winter storm.
United Illuminating
ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee Briefs: Aug. 18, 2021
United Illuminating told the ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee that it is moving ahead with a floodwall protection system at a Connecticut substation.
PJM
FERC Seeks Evidence in PJM TOs’ Bid to Rate-base Network Upgrades
FERC directed PJM’s transmission owners to provide evidence that they are being squeezed financially by their inability to earn a return on network upgrades.
MISO
MISO Central Tx Projects Face $2B in Upgrade Costs
A cycle of generation projects in MISO’s Central planning region has accrued a whopping $2 billion in upgrades in order to connect to the transmission system. 
Shutterstock
Maine Environmental Regulator Considering Suspension of NECEC Permit
Maine DEP Commissioner Melanie Loyzim is opening a proceeding to consider suspending the permit granted for the NECEC project.
MISO
MISO Stakeholders: Separate Allocations Isolate Regions
Stakeholders say it's ill-advised for MISO to propose separate cost allocation methods for long-range transmission projects in MISO South versus MISO Midwest.
Organization of MISO States
MISO, SPP Offer Idea on Joint Interconnection Tx Allocation
MISO and SPP have shared an early concept for cost allocation on joint transmission projects intended to ease the two’s crowded interconnection queues.
NYC
NYISO Stakeholders OK Tariff Changes for Right of First Refusal
The NYISO BIC approved tariff revisions allowing transmission owners to exercise a ROFR over upgrades to their facilities in the public policy need process.
Shutterstock
Maine Judge Vacates Public Land Lease for NECEC Tx Line
Environmental groups that oppose the NECEC project argue it would be destructive to the largest undeveloped forest east of the Mississippi River.

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