Stakeholders said they are inching closer to developing the scenarios that will inform the Western Transmission Expansion Coalition’s transmission planning study.

The Department of Energy slashed the list of 10 potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors it released in May to just three narrower corridors in the third phase of its designation process.

While 2024 brought notable success on state-level climate policy in Massachusetts, 2025 brings significant uncertainty regarding whether the change in federal administration will slow the momentum of the clean energy transition in the region.

Speakers at a PJM Public Interest and Environmental Organizations User Group meeting said the growth of local transmission projects is a major contributor to grid upgrades making up an increasing share of rates.

MISO and SPP staff told stakeholders that they will not perform a Coordinated System Plan in 2025 but will accept transmission issues for their annual review early in the year.

To meet the power demand posed by data centers in the Northwest, stakeholders must collaborate to efficiently invest capital and explore controversial solutions like establishing a regional transmission organization in the West, panelists said in a webinar.

MISO President Clair Moeller predicted MISO will face a few tough years before securing enough generation to tame load growth and fashioning operational tools that help subdue the volatility of renewable energy.

MISO told its Board of Directors that drafting an interconnection queue express lane for generators that resolves resource adequacy risks and has stamps of approval from regulators is essential.

The MISO Board of Directors approved a landmark, 24-project, mostly 765-kV collection of transmission lines and facilities for the RTO’s Midwest region at a cost of $21.8 billion.

SPP’s Board of Directors has approved the winter-weather staging of a pair of transmission projects that have been held up since October by stakeholder concerns.