A proposed merger of two Northwest transmission planning groups into NorthernGrid has won over state regulators, but LS Power wants a FERC tech conference.

SPP's Seams Steering Comm. discussed the RTO's agreement with MISO and upcoming meetings between the Regional State Comm. and the Org. of MISO States.

Clean energy advocates are asking MISO to make changes to its transmission planning to ensure the region can continue a shift toward renewable resources.

MISO officials signaled their willingness to entertain a request by state regulators to develop another long-term transmission package.

ISO-NE identified a 160-MVAR reactor at National Grid’s Golden Hills 345-kV substation as a key part of its solution to Boston’s 2028 needs.

Texas regulators formally approved one of two transmission projects necessary to integrate much of the city of Lubbock’s load into ERCOT.

A growing number of stakeholders are prodding MISO to create a task team to improve transmission planning assumptions.

MISO plans to file its first storage-as-transmission asset ruleset, despite complaints from members the proposed provisions limit resource ownership to TOs.

The U.S. Department of Justice says a Texas law giving incumbent utilities the right of first refusal over transmission projects violates the Constitution.

New York regulators agreed to allow the New York Transco consortium of utilities to borrow $400 million to upgrade transmission lines across the state.