FERC approved a controversial MISO proposal to create a fast lane for certain reliability-related projects in the RTO’s interconnection queue — just two months after rebuffing an earlier version of the plan.

With data centers contributing to surging load growth, a new report suggests that more Western utilities should adopt clean transition tariffs or even make the tariffs mandatory for certain large customers.

NextEra Energy Transmission completed the second of its three competitive projects in SPP’s footprint, the 92-mile, 345-kV Wolf Creek-Blackberry project in Kansas and Missouri.

A CATF report argues that planners need to use demand-side resources, grid-enhancing technologies and other quick-to-deploy resources as part of a "least-regrets" effort to meet growing demand.

SPP stakeholders resoundingly rejected a proposed tariff change to integrate large loads, pushing back against what some say is a rushed process outside of the normal stakeholder structure.

FERC sided with MISO IMM David Patton, denying a petition from MISO that would have prevented the RTO from reimbursing the Monitor for reviewing the market impact of transmission planning.

Large-scale solar and wind projects are facing growing local resistance along with federal policy changes.

The pace of undermining the statutory authority of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to serve as the cornerstone of nuclear safety is accelerating, says Stephen A. Smith.