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March 25, 2026

Transmission Planning

FERC Accepts PJM TOs’ End-of-life Revisions
FERC accepted PJM Transmission Owners’ Tariff amendments governing end-of-life projects, a proposal that was hotly contested by stakeholders.
FERC Greenlights MISO Storage-as-Tx Proposal
MISO’s first rule set for storage resources functioning as transmission assets passed muster with FERC, though James Danly opposed the plan.
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Aug. 4, 2020
PJM's Planning Committee endorsed the use of a 13-year load model with data from 2002-2014 for the 2020 reserve requirement study.
FERC Report Touts High-voltage Benefits
Development of new high-voltage transmission lines could provide benefits for the U.S. electricity system, FERC said in a recent report.
New York Ponders Planning an Offshore Grid
A new study estimates New York would save $500 million through a planned transmission strategy for its next 7,200 MW of offshore wind.
NEPOOL Reviews `Future Grid’ Study Requests
NEPOOL members are trying to cull and combine nine proposals for the Transition to the Future Grid study that ISO-NE has agreed to perform.
SPP Board of Directors/MC Briefs: July 28, 2020
SPP‘s Board of Directors approved a recommendation that resolves uncertainty over the weighting of futures in the 2021 transmission planning assessment.
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: July 29, 2020
ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee approved a standard contract term for emergency response service and some energy storage to use internal sensors.
WIRES Conference Talks Order 1000, Tx Incentives
Panelists during WIRES’ virtual Summer Meeting discussed the impact of the pandemic on transmission rate structures, Order 1000 and FERC's incentives NOPR.
FERC Upholds Cost Allocation on MISO BRPs
FERC rejected transmission customers’ complaint over MISO’s seven-year-old cost allocation plan for baseline reliability projects.

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