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.

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.

ERCOT stakeholders endorsed a 1,109-mile, single-circuit 765-kV backbone project that is projected to cost nearly $9.4 billion in capital costs, making it the largest initiative in decades.

SPP stakeholders have endorsed the RTO's 10-year transmission plan and some of its proposed 765-kV lines, trimming about $2.5 billion in costs from the portfolio.

SPP staff have reiterated their position to defer part of the RTO's planned 765-kV transmission overlay, setting aside about $7 billion in regional projects from its 2025 transmission assessment.

The Texas Public Utility Commission’s staff has recommended the commission approve the construction of three 765-kV transmission lines, rather than 345-kV, into the petroleum-rich Permian Basin to improve the region’s reliability.

ERCOT’s plans to continue running a 55-year-old San Antonio gas plant scheduled for retirement are being endangered by "pretty significant findings" that increase costs and delay the schedule.