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December 20, 2025

Transmission Planning

ATC and ITC
Judge Pauses Final Mile of Controversial Cardinal-Hickory Creek through Wildlife Refuge
In what’s beginning to feel like déjà vu, Cardinal Hickory Creek’s last unconstructed mile is again subject to a preliminary injunction.
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PJM MRC/MC Briefs: March 20, 2024
The PJM MRC rejected four proposals to rework how the RTO measures and verifies the capacity EE providers can offer into the market.
DOE
DOE Study Adds to Case for Interregional Offshore Grid
Offshore wind is projected to be a key part of East Coast states’ decarbonization and DOE called its two-year study the most thorough analysis to date.
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Panel Connects Clean Energy Transition to Boston’s Big Dig
An event by Advanced Energy United drew connections between the infrastructure needs of the clean energy transition and Boston’s Big Dig highway project.
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FERC, State Regulators Renew Collaboration
Nearing completion of its transmission planning rulemaking, FERC said it is forming a new working group with state regulators with a focus on reliability.
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Members Call for More Tx Expansion Following MISO’s $20B LRTP Blueprint
MISO’s conceptual, $20 billion, 765-kV transmission suggestion took top billing at Board Week, with some members asserting MISO has even more transmission to plan if it wants to meet the future confidently.
NYISO
FERC Accepts NYISO Proposal to Coordinate Queue, Transmission Processes
FERC approved NYISO’s proposed tariff revisions aimed at enhancing the coordination between its interconnection study processes, minimizing redundant study evaluations and streamlining study processes.
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FERC Rejects Tri-State Rates for Failing to Unbundle Ancillary Services
FERC rejected Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s proposed rates, ruling that the cooperative failed to unbundle ancillary services as has been required since 1996. 
NERC
Counterflow: Hair (and Pants) on Fire

The Washington Post’s warning that “America is running out of power” lacks context and distracts us from the real work at hand, says columnist Steve Huntoon.

MISO
MISO Outlines Benefits of New LRTP Investments

MISO discussed the second part of its long-range transmission planning project at a workshop with stakeholders, detailing how the project would help meet transmission needs.


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