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By Michael Brooks FERC on Wednesday denied San Diego Gas & Electric’s request for rehearing of an order that limited the amount the utility can be reimbursed if its South Orange County Reliability Enhancement (SOCRE)  transmission upgrade project is canceled (EL15-103). | SDG&E SDG&E is seeking approval from the California...

By Robert Mullin CAISO’s Board of Governors voted Thursday to expand the definition of a “load-serving entity” to include the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and other organizations that buy wholesale power to serve their own needs. CAISO proposed to expand the Tariff definition of a load-serving...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC last week conditionally approved revisions to the MISO-PJM Joint Operating Agreement on cost allocation for cross-seam transmission projects, while denying rehearing requests from PJM and the RTOs’ transmission owners (ER13-1944, et al.). In rejecting the rehearing requests, the commission said the grid operators and TOs...

By Tom Kleckner LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee decided last week to take no further action on the contentious Z2 crediting issue, leaving unhappy stakeholders likely to seek redress from FERC or the courts. The board discussed the Markets and Operations Policy Committee’s...

By Amanda Durish Cook CARMEL, Ind. — MISO presented a different perspective at its Oct. 25 Informational Forum, inviting cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke to talk about shifting attitudes toward electrical infrastructure. Bakke | McGill University Bakke, assistant professor of anthropology at McGill University in Montreal and author of “The Grid:...

By Rory D. Sweeney FERC granted a Maryland solar developer’s request to reinstate its position in PJM’s interconnection queue, which the company lost because of delays in obtaining state approval (ER16-2645). Dan’s Mountain Solar initiated the interconnection review process in 2014 to connect its 18.36-MW project in Allegany County to...

By Robert Mullin Meeting California’s 50% by 2030 renewable standard could require up to $5 billion or more in transmission upgrades, according to a report released this week by the California Energy Commission. The report outlines what transmission projects the state must build or upgrade to connect load zones with...

By Amanda Durish Cook Electric cooperatives accused FERC on Friday of overstepping its authority by opening proceedings that could force refund obligations on nonpublic utilities, while MISO and SPP asked the commission to let them work out the issue in stakeholder proceedings. At issue are FERC’s July orders opening Section...

By Rory D. Sweeney COLUMBUS, Ohio — PJM’s Craig Glazer opened a panel on controlling transmission project costs at last week’s annual meeting of the Organization of PJM States Inc. with a tongue-in-cheek game show: “Who Does What?” The series of multiple-choice questions he presented highlighted the lack of clear...

Wind advocates and other stakeholders predicted last week that MISO’s proposed changes to the interconnection queue process will face challenges before FERC. Aliff | © RTO Insider The stakeholders made their comments at the Oct. 19 Planning Advisory Committee meeting, two days before MISO’s filing Friday. Omar Martino, director of...