The Bonneville Power Administration provided updates on the agency’s $5 billion in transmission projects as some stakeholders asked about sunsetting of tax credits and coordination efforts with other developers in the West.

Nevada regulators approved a construction permit for the SWIP-North transmission line, keeping the project on track for a 2028 operation date.

California’s two large offshore wind projects could be delayed by up to six years due to recent federal policy actions, a CPUC administrative law judge said.

The California PUC wants CAISO to come up with a way to pause settlements of certain congestion revenue allocations in the ISO’s upcoming Extended Day-Ahead Market if participants begin to game the market through extensive self-scheduling.

Seattle City Light presented its proposal for the Bonneville Power Administration’s overhaul of the transmission planning process, saying the agency should offer interim conditional firm service to most developers in the 61-GW transmission service queue.

The California Public Utility Commission approved construction of a set of transmission infrastructure projects to support a 90-MW data center owned by Microsoft, but questions remain about whether the upgrades will increase or decrease ratepayer costs.

Washington’s attorney general and a coalition of environmental groups have mounted separate challenges to DOE's December decision to order TransAlta to continue operating the state’s last coal-fired plant for three months beyond its scheduled retirement.

The Bonneville Power Administration is starting a new pilot program to decrease balancing reserve capacity requirements by connecting new generation facilities to the grid.

Some of the Bonneville Power Administration’s proposals aimed at resuming transmission planning processes risk pushing study timelines to the point where the agency’s customers could run afoul of clean energy targets in Washington and Oregon, stakeholders say.