The U.S. DOT issued guidance on working with its state counterparts to facilitate the use of existing highway rights of way for building transmission lines.

Grid planners must abandon narrow categorizations of transmission projects to allow broader cost allocation, speakers at WIRES meeting said.

CAISO stakeholders are still wary of the new proposed wheel-through provisions the ISO has submitted to FERC for clarity on the complex issue.

Stakeholders endorsed PJM’s proposed solution to update the value of capital recovery factors at last week’s MRC meeting.

AEP CEO Nick Akins expressed his “extreme disappointment” with FERC’s recent proposal to limit a transmission rate adder incenting utilities to join RTOs.

CAISO’s board approved limits on wheel-throughs during strained system conditions, despite opposition from utilities and the EIM Governing Body.

NextEra Energy said its acquisition of GridLiance furthers its strategy to be “North America's leading competitive transmission provider.”

The Gulf Coast Power Association’s MISO-SPP Forum gathered the RTOs’ leadership and stakeholders for wide-ranging discussion.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors approved staff recommendation to reprice some market transactions stemming from a software error on Feb. 15.

SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee discussed the RTO's generation interconnection backlog and its performance during February's cold snap.