WIRES Group released a report looking into advanced transmission technologies and how they can help cost-effectively expand the transmission grid.

California energy officials are recognizing the need to work together to prioritize a long list of transmission and distribution interconnection projects as the state’s load growth accelerates due to expected data center development.

Drafted during a different presidential administration, the Grain Belt Express’ final environmental impact statement downplays the potential environmental benefits of the line.

To increase its energy supplies, PJM proposes expanding its process for allowing new resources to inject onto the grid while their required network upgrades are being completed, allowing a unit to operate partially.

CREPC TC, in collaboration with Energy Strategies, issued its first transmission cost allocation study to provide the Western electricity industry with guidelines on how to tackle the thorny issue.

SPP approved its seventh competitive project under FERC Order 1000, a 19-mile, 115-kV new transmission line with an estimated cost of $45.5 million in the Texas-New Mexico area.

SPP’s Board of Directors agreed to defer action on a 765-kV transmission project with a ballooning cost estimate and staff’s large load integration policy, both the source of much stakeholder discussion.

FERC approved an SPP tariff change that allows interconnection customers without a pending request to ask for interim service when the study cluster’s window is closed.

MISO asked FERC for a month to prepare a defense of its second long-range transmission portfolio, which is being challenged by five state commissions in the footprint.