September 28, 2024

Transmission Planning

Central Maine Power
FERC Investigating Avangrid-NextEra Dispute over NECEC Interconnection
FERC ordered Avangrid and NextEra to submit additional briefs in their ongoing dispute over the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project.
Entergy
Experts Call for Tx Reinforcements, Microgrids in Gulf System After Ida
Experts say the electric grid needs heartier construction, new technology and microgrids to reduce outages from increasingly common severe weather events.
Pattern Energy
Texas PUC Considers Adding Grid Interconnections
Responding to February’s devastating winter storm, Texas regulators consider ways to add ties to neighboring grids without triggering FERC oversight.
NV Energy
NV Energy Applies to Build Northern Nevada Line
NV Energy applied to build a 235-mile transmission line across northern Nevada — a project that would complete a transmission triangle around the state.
Plus Power
Largest Standalone Battery Storage System in Northeast Planned for Small Mass. Town
Plus Power filed a petition last week with the Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board for approval to build the Cranberry Point Energy Storage project.
Shutterstock
CHPE Transmission Line Opponents Tout Benefits of Excelsior Connect
The environmental organization Riverkeeper says there are proposals preferable to running transmission lines under the Hudson River.
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Overheard at IPF: New Jersey Wind Port Construction Just Weeks Away
Officials from Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York spoke about how much offshore wind power might be needed to achieve their states' clean energy goals.
Shutterstock
NYISO Management Committee Briefs: Aug. 25, 2021
NYISO is asking all employees and visitors to demonstrate proof of vaccination against COVID-19 in order to enter its headquarters.
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.

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