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February 13, 2026

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FERC Allows MISO to Increase Project Count in Queue Fast Lane
FERC approved MISO’s proposal to increase the number of generation projects it may study under its expedited interconnection queue lane from 10 to 15 per quarter.
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MISO to Debut Tx Warning System in 2026
MISO is to roll out a new transmission warning declaration to give its members advanced notice when scarce transmission capacity is raising the risk of load shed.
ERCOT
ERCOT Stakeholders Endorse $9.4B 765-kV Build
ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a 1,109-mile, single-circuit 765-kV backbone project that is projected to cost nearly $9.4 billion in capital costs, making it the largest initiative in decades.
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FERC Report Urges West to Address Looming Market Seams Issues
A new FERC report adds to the growing body of work showing the complexity of confronting the seams issues likely to arise between the West’s two day-ahead markets when compared with challenges at the borders between RTOs and ISOs in the Eastern U.S.
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Collaboration Key to Energy Affordability, Say U.S. and Canadian Officials
Energy affordability and regional collaboration dominated talks at the New England-Canada Business Council's annual Executive Energy Conference.
ATC and ITC Midwest
House Natural Resources Committee Advances Permitting Bills
The House Natural Resources Committee advanced a package of permitting bills, headlined by the SPEED Act that seeks to speed up permit processing and limit litigation.
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MISO TOs Oppose Tx Cost Containment Suggestions
Multiple transmission owners have questioned the need behind a suggestion that MISO work more checks into its process for reviewing troubled transmission projects.
Entergy
MISO South Regulators Ready to Strike Out on Their Own for Tx Cost Allocation
MISO South states have signaled their intent to strike out on their own on a cost allocation design for long-range transmission projects located exclusively in the South subregion.
MISO
MISO Draft Tx Planning Futures Envision 400-GW Supply or More by 2045
MISO predicts it will have anywhere from 383 GW to 454 GW of installed capacity its footprint by 2045, according to a preliminary version of its 20-year planning futures.
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
NWPCC Study Finds Market Availability Steady Across Different Scenarios
The buildout of new resources in the Western Interconnection over the next 20 years is “remarkably similar” across a variety of scenarios tested by NWPCC’s market availability study.

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