CAISO is exploring ways to exchange more low-carbon electricity with the Pacific Northwest, while WestConnect looks to absorb exports from California during overgeneration.

PJM will extend the submission window for long-term projects an additional two weeks to account for recent transmission planning rule changes.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the Board of Directors the grid operator will use favorable budget variances to fund the addition of real-time co-optimization.

MISO will this year draw on three sets of contributors to create its load forecast for 2020 transmission planning.

MISO will allow energy storage to compete against all types of transmission projects, scrapping an earlier condition that limited its use.

Energy security continues to be a critical reliability issue for New England as ISO-NE develops its 2019 Regional System Plan.

Four developers proposed offshore wind projects in response to a solicitation by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

MISO said it will explore whether to alter its long-term planning models to factor in expectations for an increased number of outages.

Vineyard Wind announced it has partnered with Anbaric Development Partners in proposing 1,200 MWs of offshore wind in response to a NYSERDA solicitation.

FERC approved PJM’s revisions to its market efficiency planning rules, despite protests from developers that the changes will underestimate needs and costs.