The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to FERC Order 1000 by New England Transmission Owners and state officials.

The Supreme Court said it would not hear a challenge to FERC Order 1000, which ended the federal right of first refusal in transmission construction.

SPS and SPP have asked the PUC of Texas (PUCT) to rule on whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.

The 2016 MISO Transmission Expansion Plan, with 383 projects totaling $2.7 billion, unanimously passed the Board of Directors’ review Dec. 7.

FERC Order 1000 is providing savings to ratepayers, but a lack of transparency in RTOs’ competitive solicitations is undermining confidence, speakers told the Energy Bar Association Mid-Year Energy Forum last week.

A federal appeals court upheld FERC Order 1000's right-of-first-refusal provisions, rejecting challenges from transmission owners and developers.

States and federal regulators need to keep consumers in mind when picking jurisdictional fights over control of the electric industry, FERC Commissioner Tony Clark said.

FERC rejected LS Power’s request for rehearing on SPP Order 1000 procedures and accepted the RTO’s December compliance filing.

FERC found that PJM partially complied with its second Order 1000 compliance order and conditionally approved MISO's third-round compliance filings.

PJM’s Order 1000 transmission planning process may exclude consideration of non-incumbent proposals on projects subject to state rights of first refusal (ROFR), FERC ruled last week.