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December 5, 2025

Transmission Planning

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NYISO Management Committee Briefs: June 30, 2025
The NYISO Management Committee passed two motions at its June 30 meeting, unanimously recommending that the Board of Directors approve them.
Hydro-Québec
NYISO Proposes ICAP Changes for New Entry Ahead of CHPE
NYISO is proposing changes to certain capacity market parameters to accommodate the Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission project, as well as facilitate the new entry of resources.
ITC Holdings
FERC Denies MISO, SPP Waiver of Joint Study Process
FERC denied a waiver request by MISO and SPP to modify the Coordinated System Plan under their joint operating agreement, saying it is not the “appropriate vehicle” to improve the process.
Invenergy
Missouri AG Opens Inquiry into Grain Belt Express
Missouri's attorney general says he has opened an investigation into Invenergy’s Grain Belt Express transmission project, an 800-mile, HVDC line that has been under development since 2010.
EDP Renewables
Court Says Mich. TO Cannot be Sole Owner of Upgrades on Shared Line
A yearslong dispute over who gets to own a 345-kV network upgrade in Michigan had the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals meditating on the definitions of “system” versus “facility.”
CEC
FERC OKs Abandoned Plant Incentive for Calif. Offshore Wind Tx Developer

California’s first offshore wind project got a boost when FERC granted CalGrid an abandoned plant incentive for a set of OSW-related transmission projects in the Humboldt County area.

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ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: June 23-24, 2025
ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas has gone public with the grid operator’s internal terminology that is shaping the market’s path forward, defining it for his Board of Directors and stakeholders. 
IESO
IESO Moving Forward with Competitive Tx Plans
IESO will open some transmission projects to competition, although most will continue being awarded to incumbents.
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Future of Transmission Planning and Policy in Focus at Infocast Summit
The current state of transmission policy was examined at an Infocast conference that went into the possibility for a permitting bill and looked at the implementation of recent FERC orders.
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FERC Upholds MISO and SPP’s JTIQ Cost Allocation over Criticism
FERC found that MISO and SPP’s 100% cost allocation to generation for the pair’s $1.7 billion Joint Targeted Interconnection Queue transmission portfolio remains appropriate 

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