Over the objections of transmission developers and independent power producers, MISO’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve Entergy’s request for $217 million in out-of-cycle transmission projects.

The Obama administration’s first Quadrennial Energy Review calls for returning the U.S. to a post-World War II level of investment in infrastructure, spending it says could create 1.5 million jobs while transforming the nation’s electric grid and oil and gas pipelines.

By Chris O’Malley CARMEL, Ind. — MISO’s Board of Directors System Planning Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Entergy’s request for $217 million...

A round-up of news from the SPP Markets & Operations Policy Committee on April 14-15, 2015.

FERC accepted most of the second compliance filing for Order 1000 by NYISO and New York transmission owners while denying multiple requests for rehearing.

FERC rejected LS Power’s request for rehearing on SPP Order 1000 procedures and accepted the RTO’s December compliance filing.

SPP’s next 10-year transmission plan will consider three future scenarios to assess the potential impact of EPA’s Clean Power Plan.

MISO and PJM said last week they will pursue four “quick hit” flowgate projects that show promise in relieving market-to-market congestion.

Stinging from objections to Entergy’s proposed Lake Charles transmission upgrade, MISO has launched discussions that could lead to refinements in its procedures for handling out-of-cycle requests.

At its April 16 open meeting, FERC issued new reliability standards, denied rehearing on business practices and ordered a new format for electronic filing reports.