Transmission Planning

ISO-NE
ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee Briefs: July 22, 2021
Eversource Energy will replace underground conductors in central Massachusetts to mitigate environmental and reliability issues.
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California Needs New Transmission for 100% Clean Energy
The West needs new transmission near term and far more in the long term for California to meets its goal to provide customers with 100% clean energy.
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Overheard at NARUC Summer Policy Summit 2021
More than 600 people attended the NARUC Summer Policy Summit in person and hundreds more watched via livestream.
Entergy
South Regulators Lambast MISO Long-term Tx Planning
State commission staff from MISO South questioned MISO's long-range transmission plan at an Entergy State Regional Committee meeting.
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Glick Works to Strengthen Relationship with NARUC
FERC Chair Richard Glick is seeking ‘peace, love and understanding’ with state regulators as work on easing transmission issues begins.
Texas Admin Monitor
Texas Public Utility Commission Briefs: July 15, 2021
Texas PUC staff and ERCOT staff have been "living on coffee and anger" as they work together to redesign the state's deregulated market.
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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: July 13, 2021
PJM stakeholders affirmed OA language from the RTO’s mitigation proposal endorsed in February to avoid critical infrastructure projects.
SPP
SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: July 12-13, 2021
Renewable developers said SPP's plan to resolve a four-year backlog of GI requests by 2024 sets an example for the other RTOs to follow.
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MISO Members Revive Debate over ‘Postage Stamp’ Cost Allocation
The postage-stamp cost allocation method for long-term transmission projects might be coming back in vogue in MISO.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
FERC Goes Back to the Drawing Board on Transmission Planning, Cost Allocation
FERC voted to reconsider its rules on transmission planning, cost allocation and generator interconnection, acknowledging the failures of  Order 1000.

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