Transmission Operations
While NYISO operated reliably last winter, the season provided “continued examples of limited flexibility on the gas system,” ISO staff told the Operating Committee.
FERC again decided that neither MISO nor Montana-Dakota Utilities are entitled to recourse over a MISO-SPP flowgate in North Dakota strained by a cryptocurrency mining facility.
ISO-NE presented the results of its 2023/24 load power factor audit, which found most regional LPF areas to be noncompliant with the standards for low-load, high-voltage conditions.
FERC is expected to rule on SPP’s proposed tariff revisions adding a winter season resource adequacy requirement and several other issues related to the grid operator.
ERCOT already operates a power system as large as those in several European countries, but demand growth is expected to bring it up to the level of PJM and MISO, which has the industry considering building a new system of 765-kV lines to transmit power around Texas.
FERC approved including additional expense accounts in New York Transco’s new company-wide formula rate over the protests of the Public Service Commission and New York City.
MISO announced it will ask FERC for a postponement on rolling out ambient-adjusted line ratings until December 2028.
The Northwest Power and Conservation Council must ensure forecast models consider President Donald Trump’s shifting energy priorities to ensure the council’s upcoming 20-year regional power plan stays relevant, board members contended during a recent meeting.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford followed through on a threat to implement a 25% tariff on electricity exports to the US, a response to President Trump's own 10% tariff that went into effect last week.
PJM gave more detail on its plan to scale back a 30% adder it added on the synchronized and primary reserve requirement in May 2023.
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