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TransWest Express
Construction Begins on Utah Portion of TransWest Express Line

Construction began on the Utah terminal of the 732-mile TransWest Express transmission line, a project designed to carry Wyoming wind energy to the Southwest.

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PJM Stakeholders Vote Out 2 Board Members

PJM’s Members Committee voted not to reelect two incumbent members of the RTO’s Board of Managers: Chair Mark Takahashi and Terry Blackwell.

NRG Energy
NRG to Buy 13 GW of Generation Capacity from LS Power
NRG Energy will acquire 13 GW of gas-fired power plants and virtual power plant operator CPower from LS Power.
Constellation Energy
ISO-NE Discusses Details of New Prompt Capacity Market
ISO-NE and NEPOOL members discussed how to address market power, tie benefits and resource qualification in a prompt capacity market during a three-day meeting.
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Maine PUC Seeking Feedback on Transmission, Generation Procurement
The Maine PUC is seeking feedback and indications of interest for a procurement of generation and transmission capacity to connect at least 1,200 MW of clean energy in Northern Maine to ISO-NE.
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ISO-NE Outlines Market Power Mitigation Measures for CAR Project

ISO-NE discussed its plans for preventing and mitigating market power as it overhauls its capacity market and resource retirement processes at a NEPOOL Markets Committee meeting.

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PJM Receives 94 Applications for Expedited Interconnection Process
PJM received 94 submissions from generation owners seeking to have new projects or uprates to existing units included in the RTO’s expedited Reliability Resource Initiative interconnection study process.
LS Power
7th Circuit Lifts Injunction on Indiana ROFR, Remands LS Power’s Case
The 7th Circuit has tossed a temporary injunction against Indiana’s right of first refusal law and sent the case back to a lower court, leaving plaintiff LS Power with more work ahead of it to increase competitively bid transmission projects in MISO.
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FERC Denies LS Power’s Bid for SWIP-N Incentives
FERC denied LS Power’s two petitions for recovery of costs in case the development of a 285-mile transmission line is abandoned, saying the developer failed to adequately show the project’s benefits.
ITC Midwest
Incumbent Utilities Make Case for ROFR Laws in New Report
A band of incumbent utilities has collected case studies that they say demonstrate the need to instate or maintain the right of first refusal for the good of grid expansion.

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