TOs, regulators and stakeholders face a massive task in planning for new transmission as they prepare for an influx of renewable resources.

MISO and SPP state regulators appear intent on completing their work to improve their interregional coordination before 2021 arrives.

MISO and SPP have once again failed to identify any beneficial cross-border transmission projects after a fourth interregional study.

SPP’s board and Members Committee met outside of their normal quarterly schedule to consider a number of pressing issues.

MISO members have recommended that the RTO’s 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan proceed to final approval in December.

SPP and MISO staff shared with the SPP Seams Steering Committee additional details on the yearlong transmission study the RTOs will soon pursue.

Two recently announced special transmission planning efforts could have MISO members soon stringing miles of new wires across the footprint.

MISO and SPP announced a yearlong transmission study to identify projects with “comprehensive, cost-effective and efficient upgrades.”

MISO’s and SPP’s market monitors presented their last report to state regulators working to improve the RTOs’ interregional coordination.

Strategically placed transmission or storage devices could serve as a reliability tonic to the Midwest, panelists said during MRO’s reliability conference.