A Milwaukee city official is questioning why ratepayers must pick up the tab to interconnect Foxconn’s proposed plant to the southwestern Wisconsin grid.

MISO’s Board of Directors unanimously approved MTEP 17, including 353 new transmission projects valued at $2.6 billion.

FERC approved the cost allocation for projects involved with northern New Jersey’s Bergen-Linden Corridor.

FERC upheld a previous ruling covering Order 1000 cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region, adding further explanation of its reasoning.

FERC approved cost allocation responsibility assignments for 39 baseline upgrades recently added to the PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.

FERC approved NYISO Tariff revisions ordering downstate residents to pay 90% of the cost of AC transmission projects stemming from public policy needs.

The Organization of MISO States failed to reach consensus on MISO’s cost allocation plans for smaller transmission projects that produce broader benefits.

FERC upheld its ruling that the costs of undergrounding transmission lines in Virginia should be shared by all VEPCO network integration customers.

KCP&L is fulfilling its promise to take legal action against SPP for how the RTO allocates costs to customers after a new transmission owner joins a zone.

FERC rejected a request by PJM to allow Linden VFT to convert the 330 MW of firm transmission on its lines between PJM and NYISO to non-firm.