Ontario approved IESO’s proposed $1.5 billion HVDC line under Lake Ontario, which planners say is needed to meet a potential doubling of Toronto’s electricity demand by 2050.

Just days into 2026, MISO already has approved or recommended dozens of expedited transmission projects for the 2026 cycle, including a substation project in Indiana that spawned several hundred million dollars in corrective action upgrades.

The Bonneville Power Administration outlined suggested modifications to its commercial business model as the agency explores updating transmission processes.

California’s electricity consumption is projected to increase dramatically over the coming decades due in large part to planned artificial intelligence data centers, although questions remain about how many of those data centers actually will be built.

FERC defended Order 1920 against appeals in a brief filed Jan. 5, saying the transmission planning and cost allocation rule is firmly within its authority and builds on previous pathbreaking rulemakings like Orders 888 and 1000.

After a multiyear delay caused by intense political opposition, the New England Clean Energy Connect project is finally ready to begin commercial operations, Avangrid wrote in a filing.

MISO announced it will partner with Microsoft’s AI technologies to operate its markets and plan its system.

FERC accepted SPP's tariff revisions that establish subregions for the cost allocation of future byway projects under its highway/byway methodology.

The Bonneville Power Administration has executed new long-term wholesale electric power contracts with more than 130 public utility customers under the agency’s Provider of Choice initiative, according to an announcement.

Flexibility will be a core attribute of the various scenarios and solutions being discussed to meet the snowballing estimates of U.S. electric power demand, says columnist K Kaufmann.