MISO West won’t see any major projects in this year’s transmission planning cycle, despite complaints that renewables in the interconnection queue necessitate billions in upgrades.

The 5th Circuit is likely to uphold a Texas law giving incumbent transmission companies the right of first refusal to build new lines in the state.

PJM’s Planning Committee postponed a vote on “quick-fix” manual revisions to expand the use of PMUs and require them for certain projects under the RTEP.

Massachusetts’ two senators urged ISO New England to prioritize the environment when evaluating responses to a transmission RFP.

Stakeholders challenged a proposal to amend the PJM Tariff regarding end-of-life projects at the Transmission Owners Agreement-Administrative Committee.

Prompted by Direct Connect and its proposed SOO Green project, PJM stakeholders agreed to consider integrating HVDC converters as a capacity resource.

The ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee approved the Corpus Christi North Shore transmission project to address more than 1 GW of industrial load growth.

The 2020 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan contains 510 proposed projects at a combined $4.06 billion, the priciest since the RTO's 2011 MVP portfolio.

A proposal to open end-of-life transmission projects in PJM to regional planning and competitive bidding was narrowly defeated at the MRC meeting.

ISO-NE presented the preliminary results of economic studies conducted for NESCOE and Anbaric.