Transmission Operations

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NewGrid to Bring Congestion Software to ISO-NE System

Software Developer Received a $250K Grant

Aug 31, 2021

Emily Hayes

NewGrid's CEO says the company's software could move 40% more power on the ISO-NE grid.

MISO: Lessons Remain From February’s Winter Crisis

Training, Communications Planning Key to Future Disaster Response

Aug 26, 2021

Holden Mann

MISO's Trevor Hines told attendees at a webinar that the RTO is still identifying and working through lessons from the February winter storm.

SPP Pondering Changes to M2M Summaries

RTO has Accrued $152.3M in Settlements from MISO

Aug 15, 2021

Tom Kleckner

SPP staff are considering changes to the reports of their MISO market-to-market activities that they share with stakeholders.

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SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs: July 26-27

Aug 2, 2021

Tom Kleckner

SPP released a comprehensive report on the week of February's severe winter storm, calling it the most operationally challenging week in its 80-year history.

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Wildfires Raise Concerns for Western Tx Lines

Derates, Shutdowns Pose Threat to Western Interconnection

Aug 2, 2021

Hudson Sangree

The near shutdown of the California-Oregon Intertie by a wildfire renewed concerns about the vulnerability of major transmission pathways.

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Arizona to Weigh RTO Membership

ACC Chair Requests New Docket on Potential Benefits

Jul 25, 2021

Hudson Sangree

Arizona has joined Colorado, Nevada and Oregon in exploring membership in an RTO in the Western Interconnection.

Commitment Deadline Set for SPP West Participation

Jul 20, 2021

Tom Kleckner

SPP is closing to setting a date by which interested members of its WEIS market must commit to full RTO membership.

PJM Operating Committee Briefs: July 15, 2021

Jul 19, 2021

Michael Yoder

PJM stakeholders endorsed tariff language revisions to exclude the right of first refusal process from evaluation of non-firm transmission service requests.

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PG&E Says Its Line May Have Started Dixie Fire

Jul 19, 2021

Hudson Sangree

PG&E said one of its lines may have ignited the 30,000-acre Dixie Fire burning northeast of Paradise, a town destroyed by a PG&E-caused fire three years ago.

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FERC Tosses NV Energy Complaint Against CAISO Summer Plan

Jul 15, 2021

Robert Mullin

FERC dismissed an NV Energy complaint related to CAISO’s plan to restrict certain wheel-through transactions when tight power supply threatens reliability.

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