Invenergy provided an update on the Grain Belt Express transmission project during the Missouri Energy Initiative’s Midwest Energy Policy Series.

Prompted by Direct Connect and its proposed SOO Green project, PJM stakeholders agreed to consider integrating HVDC converters as a capacity resource.

ITC Holdings wants utilities to buy capacity on the Lake Erie Connector, an underwater HVDC transmission line that will run from Ontario to Pennsylvania.

MISO’s proposal to allow merchant HVDC lines to connect to its system is incomplete, FERC informed the RTO in a deficiency letter.

MISO and its stakeholders have agreed on a plan to treat merchant HVDC lines as transmission instead of generation.

MISO will submit two filings with FERC to further refine its new generation interconnection process, while a third will facilitate HVDC interconnection.

Despite not having any of its projects constructed, Clean Line Energy Partners, and CEO Mike Skelly, remain optimistic.