TOs, regulators and stakeholders face a massive task in planning for new transmission as they prepare for an influx of renewable resources.

In a 142-page ruling, FERC partly affirmed an administrative law judge’s decision on PG&E’s proposed increases to its transmission rates.

ERCOT staff promised to reduce price corrections before asking the Board of Directors to approve a pair of them for two unrelated events.

NESCOE called on ISO-NE to increase its transparency and the role of states, saying the current structure is incompatible with their clean energy efforts.

The New York PSC designated NYPA’s Northern New York transmission line as a high priority, allowing it to bypass NYISO’s public policy planning process.

MISO and SPP state regulators appear intent on completing their work to improve their interregional coordination before 2021 arrives.

Xcel’s Public Service Company of Colorado is not obligated to provide Holy Cross Electric with priority firm transmission service, FERC ruled.

MISO released details on its long-term transmission plan, intended to adapt its grid to a rapidly evolving generation portfolio.

FERC reversed course and said MISO, SPP and PJM don’t have to rely on eachother’s dispatch assumptions to carry out an affected-system study.

A discussion at the AWEA Offshore Windpower Virtual Summit reinforced the argument for a planned transmission network for offshore wind.