PJM planners have selected LS Power to build a new 230-kV transmission line from New Jersey’s Artificial Island to Delaware to address stability issues at the nuclear complex.

FERC today granted PJM’s request to delay May’s capacity auction, allowing the RTO more time to seek commission approval for its Capacity Performance proposal.

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.

MISO declined a request by the Public Consumer Advocates sector for $200,000 to help cover its legal costs in a fight over MISO transmission owners’ return on equity.

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...

FERC approved requests by two Michigan electric utilities to reclassify a number of distribution facilities as transmission assets within MISO.

This week's company briefs include news on TVA, National Grid, FirstEnergy, PPL, NextEra, NRG, Eversource, Dominion and Dynegy.

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.