SPP’s Board of Directors rejected an industry panel’s recommendation to award a competitive project in New Mexico, leaving staff and members unsure of next steps.

Americans for a Clean Energy Grid gave MISO and CAISO top grades for regional transmission planning and development; PJM and ISO-NE scored poorly.

Permitting provisions in the recent debt deal weaken the "momentum" for increased FERC transmission siting authority, says former FERC Chair Richard Glick.

MISO said it will salvage two to-do items from its effort a few years ago to better link up interconnection trends with annual transmission planning.

MISO is proposing to eschew a total subregional cost allocation in favor of a half-regional, half local zone cost sharing plan.

U.S. OSW developers must follow Europe’s example and build out meshed HVDC systems, experts told the International Partnering Forum.

State legislatures across MISO are undertaking a flurry of activity on rights of first refusal legislation as major transmission planning surges.

FERC rejected a proposed settlement intended to resolve a longstanding dispute over how to implement Order 1000 in the WestConnect planning region.

FERC should exert more authority in non-RTO areas and ensure oversight of transmission projects where competition is unworkable, says Kentucky's PSC chair.

In a workshop, FERC commissioners and stakeholders debated the pros and cons of requiring minimum transfer capability between regions to promote reliability.