FERC approved a PJM proposal to allow it to reduce the TCPF under a set of circumstances that PJM argued becomes punitive to load without providing any benefit.

MISO and SPP say they have plenty of constrained flowgates that could become candidates for smaller, cross-border transmission projects.

MISO and SPP say this year’s coordinated system plan study will focus on “solutions to historical, persistent congestion issues” on the RTOs’ seam.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved the RTO’s fourth competitive transmission project, awarding a $55 million, 345-kV facility to NextEra Energy Transmission.

MISO announced this week that it’s contemplating adding a class of smaller, congestion-relieving projects under its annual transmission planning.

A CAISO market report says high natural gas prices drove a 50% run-up in electricity costs in Q4 2021, hitting the Western Energy Imbalance Market as well.

The Texas Energy Summit gathered in person for the first time since the February 2021 winter storm that nearly collapsed the ERCOT grid.

FERC approved a temporary halt to PJM’s transmission constraint penalty factor rules in Virginia’s Northern Neck peninsula.

MISO and SPP shared the Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue study's first draft, with seven projects that would resolve several transmission constraints.

CAISO's Board of Governors extended controversial wheel-through restrictions for two more years as the ISO works on a long-term fix to transmission constraints.