GETs can reduce the congestion preventing interconnection of renewables more quickly than building more transmission while saving customers money, experts say.

The Midwest faces several new risks in 2023, including cybersecurity threats and supply chain issues, according to the MRO’s 2023 Regional Risk Assessment.

MISO, its Monitor and members debated the best course to implementing ambient adjusted line ratings during a Sept. 15 Advisory Committee discussion.

FERC Commissioner Mark Christie said the agency's transmission NOPR gives the states plenty of flexibility to plan their public policy-focused projects.

FERC denied rehearing requests from transmission providers and others on Order 881.

The PJM MRC endorsed creating a new senior task force to study a potential market construct for procuring clean resource attributes in the RTO’s markets.

FERC opened a docket on the costs and benefits of dynamic line ratings, an initiative it signaled in its December order banning static line ratings.

MISO foresees a relatively easy shift to incorporate transmission owners’ dynamic line ratings, though it said it will settle on a weather forecasting method.

FERC ordered transmission providers to end the use of static line ratings in evaluating near-term service, saying it will increase utilization of the grid.