Stakeholders mostly said the recommendations to update NERC's standards development process represented a good start but needed further development to ensure a fair process.

FERC approved two utilities' settlements with ReliabilityFirst for violations of NERC reliability standards covering protective relay settings.

MISO selected a 50/50 joint venture between Transource and Berkshire Hathaway Energy Transmission to build a $1.2 billion, 765-kV project from the RTO’s second long-range transmission portfolio.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors has approved staff’s proposed 765-kV Eastern Backbone project and its $9.4 billion capital cost price tag, making it the most expensive project in the grid operator’s history.

Reply comments to the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to FERC on large loads offered differing paths for the commission to potentially take.

Many comments on the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to FERC on large load interconnections warned against going too far into jurisdictional issues.

FERC rejected a complaint from the Kentucky PSC against AEP, finding the utility holding company's practice of spreading supplemental projects around its PJM utilities is still just and reasonable.

PJM presented its shortlist of projects for inclusion in the first window of its 2025 Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

The SPP board has approved the RTO's 2025 Integrated Transmission Plan that includes four 765-kV projects.

Xcel Energy and AEP both said during their quarterly earnings calls that they have increased their capital investment spend to meet increasing demand from large loads.