The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff has recommended the commission approve the construction of three 765-kV transmission lines, rather than 345-kV, into the petroleum-rich Permian Basin to improve the region’s reliability.

FERC Chair Mark Christie criticized PJM for continuing to consider proceeding with Transource Energy’s Independence Energy Connection transmission project years after Pennsylvania regulators denied it a certificate of public convenience and need.

FERC approved the non-rate terms of SunZia Transmission’s proposed transmission owner tariff but sent the tariff’s non-subscriber usage rate to a settlement process and potential hearing.

MISO’s end-use customers called for more “insight and transparency into” the variance analysis as well as a lower, 10% threshold on cost overruns to trigger the analysis.

MISO is on its way to installing a fourth, 20-year future to inform transmission planning in case supply chains remain unsteady.

Authors of a new report say better market integration and reduced interregional constraints in the U.S. transmission network would have saved as much as $12 billion in 2022 and 2023.

Recent developments made speakers at the annual New York Energy Summit optimistic that the state's permitting process will be getting faster.

FERC dealt with a rehearing request in Order 1920-B, largely rebutting arguments from transmission owners that the rule's requirement to file state cost allocation agreements impinges on their rights.

As the Department of Energy explores using federal land for data centers powered by nuclear power, experts say public-private risk-sharing will be crucial to make nuclear a viable option.