Transmission Planning

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Tx Developers Pitch Mass. Clean Energy Bids
Representatives of companies that submitted clean energy tx projects made pitches at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
Won’t Undermine Markets, Powelson Tells OPSI Meeting
FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson said "I did not sign up for blowing up the markets" to applause at the 2017 OPSI Annual Meeting.
FERC Conditionally OKs MISO-PJM Targeted Project Plan
FERC approved a joint MISO-PJM proposal to create a new category of small interregional transmission projects intended to address historical congestion.
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Softer Rhetoric as PJM Members Seek Replacement Rules Accord
Discussion at PJM’s Transmission Replacement Processes Senior Task Force has not advanced much since July, but the rhetoric has softened.
MISO Ranks MTEP 18 Futures by Stakeholder Preference
Stakeholder sectors have eschewed MISO’s suggestion that they apply equal weight to the RTO’s four 15-year future scenarios used for next year’s planning.
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MISO Triennial Review Shows Multi-Value Project Benefits
After a second full review of the 2011 slate of multi-value transmission projects, MISO has concluded that benefits outpace rising project costs.
AMP
Report Decries Rising PJM Tx Costs; Seeks Project Transparency
More than half of the $24.3 billion in transmission projects in PJM since 2012 were unneeded to comply with reliability requirements, according to AMP.
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Renewables, Storage Get More Play in MISO 2019 Planning
MISO is seeking stakeholder guidance on how to forecast the probable locations of future renewable, storage and distributed energy resources (DER).
NYISO
NYISO Management Committee Briefs: Sept. 27, 2017
NYISO will soon announce the formation of a carbon pricing task force, CEO Brad Jones told the Management Committee.
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Overheard at Infocast’s Texas Renewable Energy Summit
Infocast Texas Renewable Energy Summit attendees heard discussions on the challenges ERCOT faces in building transmission and ensuring grid reliability.

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