Energy security continues to be a critical reliability issue for New England as ISO-NE develops its 2019 Regional System Plan.

Four developers proposed offshore wind projects in response to a solicitation by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

ERCOT CEO Bill Magness told the Board of Directors the grid operator will use favorable budget variances to fund the addition of real-time co-optimization.

MISO will this year draw on three sets of contributors to create its load forecast for 2020 transmission planning.

MISO said it will explore whether to alter its long-term planning models to factor in expectations for an increased number of outages.

Vineyard Wind announced it has partnered with Anbaric Development Partners in proposing 1,200 MWs of offshore wind in response to a NYSERDA solicitation.

FERC approved PJM’s revisions to its market efficiency planning rules, despite protests from developers that the changes will underestimate needs and costs.

Load interests minced no words in a letter to PJM’s Board of Managers for rebuffing revisions they say would increase transparency on supplemental projects.

FERC approved NYISO’s proposed Tariff revisions “to clarify, streamline and enhance” its public policy transmission planning process.

The PUCT issued preliminary certificates of convenience and necessity for transmission that will integrate some of LP&L’s SPP load into the ERCOT system.