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By Michael Kuser MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — It’s not just “look before you leap.” For those considering crawling through the maze of regulations and property laws that determine whether a pipeline or electric transmission project can win all the permits needed to start construction, it requires looking dozens of steps ahead.

By Michael Brooks President Trump’s nominees to FERC gave nearly identical, boilerplate answers to senators’ written questions on issues ranging from hydroelectric project licensing to natural gas infrastructure following their confirmation hearing last month. The questions, mostly from Democratic and left-leaning independent senators, provide more insight into a party grappling...

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability and Members committees Thursday. Each item is listed by agenda number, description and projected time of discussion, followed by a summary of the issue and links to prior coverage in RTO Insider.

By Tom Kleckner Electric Transmission Texas told ERCOT market participants last week that it is working closely with the ISO to minimize the economic effects of an 18-month project to repair cracks on metal transmission structures that will result in extended transmission outages through November 2018. ETT, a joint venture...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — Recent market developments are compelling MISO to reconsider how it weighs the relative importance of its 15-year future scenarios designed to inform its 2018 Transmission Expansion Plan, staff said last week. Ellis | © RTO Insider “The final MTEP futures reflect the various...

MISO has aligned its Business Practices Manuals with interconnection queue improvements approved by FERC at the beginning of the year (ER17-156). (See FERC Accepts MISO’s 2nd Try on Queue Reform.) Muncy | © RTO Insider Paul Muncy, of MISO’s transmission access planning division, told the Planning Advisory Committee last week...

By Jason Fordney Electric system disturbances resulting from the loss of generation or transmission in the U.S portion of the Western Interconnection increased by 50% between 2015 and 2016, according to a new report from the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. There were 24 “loss of generation or transmission” events in...

By Tom Kleckner AUSTIN, Texas — ERCOT’s Board of Directors on Tuesday approved the Far West Texas transmission project, which will result in the construction of two 345-kV lines southwest of Odessa, Texas. The project would have received unanimous approval but for the abstention of American Electric Power, which will...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO will publish a guide describing its cost estimation process for competitive transmission projects by August, according to RTO staff. “We’re going to really document how we create our cost estimates,” Alex Monn, MISO senior substation design engineer, said during a June 13...

By Michael Kuser ISO-NE on Friday rejected a request that it conduct an independent analysis on whether state renewable energy and carbon reduction policies are creating a need for additional transmission. The RTO acted in response to the Conservation Law Foundation’s May 16 letter asking it to conduct the analysis...