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Transmission Conference Focuses on Reliability, Interconnection
Stakeholders and regulators concerned about extreme weather and clogged interconnection queues are also encouraged by FERC’s proposed rulemakings on the issues.
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RTOs, Utilities Push Back on Interconnection Deadlines, Penalties
RTOs and others opposed FERC's proposed penalties for missing interconnection study deadlines while generation developers balked at commercial readiness rules.
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ISO-NE Weighs in on FERC’s Proposed Interconnection Changes
ISO-NE repeated a familiar refrain in its initial take on FERC’s interconnection NOPR: give us flexibility and make sure our region’s needs can be met.
FERC
FERC Reluctantly Proposes Cybersecurity Incentives
FERC reluctantly proposed a 200-basis point incentive for utilities that make voluntary cybersecurity investments, an initiative directed by Congress.
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NERC ‘Strongly Supports’ FERC Transmission Planning NOPR
NERC and the REs signaled support for FERC’s proposal to change transmission planning and cost allocation, calling the move “essential" for modernizing the BPS.
Entergy
Entergy Rebuts Criticism of its Tx Planning
Entergy countered claims recently made to FERC that it is purposefully undermining transmission planning in MISO South.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
FERC NOPRs Would Require ‘Candor,’ Improved Accounting for Renewables
FERC issued rulemakings to impose a “duty of candor” in communications with FERC-regulated entities and set new accounting regulations for renewables.
PJM
Counterflow: Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Columnist Steve Huntoon is disillusioned by FERC's retreat from Order 1000's requirements for competition in transmission.
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Interconnection Rulemaking Wins Support but Funding Questions Remain
FERC’s interconnection proposal won wide praise, but some generation developers were dismayed that the commission failed to address participant funding.
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MARC Annual Meeting Highlights Transmission Needs
The first meeting of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference in two years focused on transmission needs that are necessary for a fast-changing energy landscape.

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