Transmission Planning
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FERC rejected Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s proposed rates, ruling that the cooperative failed to unbundle ancillary services as has been required since 1996.
NERC
The Washington Post’s warning that “America is running out of power” lacks context and distracts us from the real work at hand, says columnist Steve Huntoon.
MISO
MISO discussed the second part of its long-range transmission planning project at a workshop with stakeholders, detailing how the project would help meet transmission needs.
World Resources Institute
With a major grid expansion on planning boards around the country, grid-enhancing technologies will be key to getting the most out of current and future systems, experts said.
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The New York State Reliability Council Executive Committee approved for industry review two new proposed reliability rules aimed at revising NYISO’s transmission planning requirements to account for fuel shortages at gas-fired power plants.
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Former FERC Commissioner James Danly told a House Oversight subcommittee that federal subsidies overvalue some resources, while undervaluing others, putting the future of the grid at risk.
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FERC released its fiscal year 2025 congressional justification, which would have the agency fund itself with $532 million from fees and annual charges assessed to entities it regulates.
PJM
The Planning Committee endorsed PJM’s long-term regional transmission planning proposal, advancing manual revisions that would expand the RTO’s planning horizon to 15 years.
Western Area Power Administration
MISO has registered a separate complaint with FERC to retract market-to-market coordination with SPP on a contentious flowgate persistently taxed by a North Dakota cryptocurrency mining operation.
NREL
A new analysis concludes that building long-distance high-voltage transmission would save money and speed up decarbonization of the U.S power grid.
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