Transmission
CAISO
Data centers are contributing to significant load growth and project needs in Silicon Valley, according to CAISO representatives speaking at the kickoff meeting for the ISO’s 2024/25 transmission planning process.
PacifiCorp
The Western Transmission Expansion Coalition’s transmission planning study is getting a boost from a $1.75 million Department of Energy grant, even as the cost of the project has grown to $6.1 million.
ATC and ITC Midwest
Transmission policy has made some progress lately, but ITC President Krista Tanner came to Capitol Hill to get one more item over the finish line — the permitting bill.
Idaho Power
FERC largely approved Order 2023 compliance filings for four utilities in the West and Texas, directing them to submit further compliance filings within 60 days.
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New England transmission owners discussed updates to the guidelines for asset condition project presentations at the ISO-NE PAC to address concerns from states about transparency amid ballooning costs.
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At their quarterly meetup, MISO members largely agreed there won’t be an easy path to achieving decarbonization affordably for customers.
American Clean Power Association
FERC will work with federally recognized tribes on whether it needs to issue a new rulemaking to address the issues they have interconnecting renewable resources to the grid.
Xcel Energy
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied review petitions by several SPP members over FERC's rejection of generators’ rehearing requests seeking compensation under tariff Attachment Z2.
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CO2 emissions from the Western U.S. power sector could drop by 73% from 2005 levels if 12 transmission projects in the development pipeline are finished by 2030, according to a new PNNL study.
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Advanced transmission technologies can help utilities meet the rising levels of demand that are stressing the grid, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research.
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