Grid stakeholders joined commissioners in Washington, D.C., for FERC's annual Reliability Technical Conference.

Kansas regulators have granted a siting permit for NextEra Energy Transmission's Wolf Creek-Blackberry project, clearing the way for construction to begin.

SPP’s state commissioners have approved staff’s proposed cost allocation for the projects in its Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue study portfolio.

Kansas regulators have awarded a CCN to NextEra Energy Transmission Southwest for the competitive project it intends to build in Kansas and Missouri.

State regulators say minimum requirements on interregional transfer capacity could produce cross border transmission where Order 1000 failed.

A second meeting of FERC and state regulators trying to spur transmission buildout exposed differences over expanding the definition of transmission benefits.

Representatives of FERC, MISO, the Kansas Corporation Commission and Pattern Energy discussed interregional transmission planning at the CLEANPOWER conference.