Expanding transmission can reduce electricity costs for consumers, but only if the buildout uses consumer welfare as the North Star and ignores narrow political or business interests, say Travis Fisher and Nick Loris.

NYISO's Business Issues Committee and Operating Committee both endorsed tariff changes ahead of the completion of the Champlain Hudson Power Express.

Texas regulators have approved two more applications under the Texas Energy Fund’s completion-bonus program, making the generation resources eligible for more than $100 million in grants.

The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition plans to publish its 10-year outlook for Western transmission needs in February 2026 and has begun outlining the 20-year plan, according to Energy Strategies, which is developing the report.

ERCOT’s Board of Directors has approved staff’s proposed 765-kV Eastern Backbone project and its $9.4 billion capital cost price tag, making it the most expensive project in the grid operator’s history.

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission heard about the pros and cons of reconductoring during an informational meeting.

PJM staff plan to recommend an $11.6 billion package of transmission projects intended to address rising load growth in the east of the RTO’s footprint.

Attendees at the gridCONNEXT conference, including the acting under secretary of energy and U.S. representatives, debated federal energy policy.

Reply comments to the Department of Energy’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to FERC on large loads offered differing paths for the commission to potentially take.

SPP’s Board of Directors approved an updated assessment of the RTO’s 2025 transmission plan that corrects two minor errors and will re-evaluate a third project recently designated as a competitive upgrade.