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June 22, 2025

Transmission Planning

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Industry Sees Challenges as BPA Considers ‘Radical’ Updates to Transmission Planning
The Bonneville Power Administration faces monumental challenges in implementing actions to meet the Pacific Northwest’s needs once it lifts its pause on transmission planning.
WEC Energy Group
MISO’s Queue Fast Lane, Take 2, Nets Déjà vu Arguments

MISO’s repackaged proposal to establish a temporary fast track in its interconnection queue resulted in a familiar division among MISO stakeholders, with vertically integrated utilities in favor and clean energy organizations opposed.

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MISO IMM Contends he Should Have Role in Tx Planning Oversight

The MISO Independent Market Monitor insisted to FERC that MISO’s own rules allow him to assess transmission. Market monitors of other grid operators backed him up.

PJM
PJM MRC/MC Preview: June 18, 2025

PJM and members will review proposals for allocating the costs of keeping Eddystone Generating Station operating under a Department of Energy emergency order.

MISO
MISO 2025 Transmission Planning Cycle Rises to $13B
MISO’s 2025 Transmission Expansion Plan has amassed another $2 billion in investment since early spring, bringing its total to $13 billion.
Con Edison
N.Y. OKs 642 MW of Urgent Infrastructure Upgrades

New York authorized its first tranche of projects under a 2024 order that sought to address urgent existing and anticipated electric infrastructure needs as the state pushes to decarbonize transportation and buildings. 

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MISO Says Public Communication Needs Work After NOLA Load Shed

MISO conceded to its Board of Directors that it should have done more to convey the danger it perceived ahead of the late spring load-shedding event in Greater New Orleans.

California Senate
Calif. Bill Seeks to Control Electric Bills, Create Transmission Authority

A California bill that would take aim at soaring electric bills and create a transmission infrastructure authority has cleared the state Senate and now is being considered in the Assembly.

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CREPC TC Close to Wrapping Up Cost Allocation Study

The CREPC Transmission Collaborative is wrapping up work on a cost allocation study, while another transmission expansion coalition study is behind schedule, staff said during the Western Interstate Energy Board’s annual meeting.

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MISO-SPP JTIQ Fed Funds Caught Up in DOE Review of Grants

The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing a case-by-case review of all the agency’s financial assistance awards under the Biden administration that it says could have “significant ramifications” for current and prospective recipients.


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