FERC sustained a previous order accepting an SPP tariff revision that sets a process allowing each transmission zone to develop a uniform planning criteria.

New ways of paying for transmission could increase interregional transfer capacity and improve reliability, speakers told the EBA’s Mid-Year Energy Forum.

Transmission owners found themselves on the defensive throughout FERC's technical conference on transmission planning and cost management.

FERC's technical conference highlighted gaps between the commission, state regulators and RTOs in their oversight of transmission planning.

New Jersey hopes for “horse trading” with other PJM states over the cost of transmission needed to integrate offshore wind and other renewables.

FERC revoked Tri-State's market-based rate authority in the Western Area Power Administration's Colorado-Missouri balancing authority area.

The Planning Committee heard updates on PJM's capital budget, the Reserve Requirement Study and an appellate court ruling on transmission cost allocation.

MISO is collecting stakeholder suggestions on what design elements it should include in a new cost allocation for future projects in its LRTP.

MISO and SPP have laid out a percentage-based cost allocation for their $1-billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission study.

Canadian utility SaskPower and SPP have signed a 20-year agreement to more than quadruple transmission capacity between the two entities.