With its 2025 cycle of transmission projects not yet final and approved, MISO already is working through 43 expedited project requests ahead of its 2026 cycle to support almost 14 GW of new load.

Despite recent transparency improvements, broader efforts are needed to address underlying concerns about a lack of regulatory oversight of local transmission costs in New England, a panel of transmission experts said.

Holistic reform to interconnection barriers is essential to meeting rapidly growing power demand across the country, experts said at a recent webinar.

ISO NE CEO Gordon van Welie talked about the evolving grid in New England and how markets are changing and what the future holds as state policies drive higher demand and increasing decarbonization.

NYISO stakeholders debated the validity of the ISO's recent finding of a reliability need in New York City by summer 2026.

Former FERC Chair Richard Glick and former FERC economist Devin Hartman told attendees at the Nodal Trader conference that they fear for FERC's independence.

State policymakers and industry leaders at the Alliance for Clean Energy New York’s Fall Conference offered messages of full support even as they acknowledged the federal roadblocks thrown in their path.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed FERC to start a rulemaking that will consider it claiming jurisdiction over the interconnection of large loads to speed up the buildout of AI data centers and reshored manufacturing.

MISO leadership shed more light on the RTO’s need for a pilot program to estimate load growth on a 20-year horizon after stakeholders asked for details.

MISO and SPP said they will study more than 30 project suggestions — some estimated to cost more than $1 billion apiece — in a four-state area in their pursuit of major, regionally cost-shared transmission projects.