The first MISO-SPP interregional project inched closer to reality Thursday with a vote of confidence from the MISO Planning Advisory Committee.

CAISO is considering approval of two low-cost transmission upgrade projects using an accelerated procedure that bypasses the usual stakeholder process.

Just one project from MISO and SPP’s coordinated system plan study will move forward for individual votes on regional review.

The Gulf Coast Power Association’s 2017 Spring Conference attracted around 400 attendees for discussions on energy storage and ERCOT transmission policies.

The SPP Regional State Committee approved doubling the timeframe for conducting regional cost allocation reviews.

At the MISO Planning Subcommittee, the RTO presented a strawman proposal for non-transmission alternatives that includes load shed, reconfiguration and more

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected challenges to FERC Order 1000 by New England Transmission Owners and state officials.

PJM and NYISO stakeholders met in New York for a nearly daylong meeting to discuss cost allocation and ways to evaluate the value of PARs.

MISO transmission planners outlined three possible congestion-busting projects in Louisiana and a “skeleton” of potential projects from an overlay study.

MISO is planning to eliminate temporary suspensions of generating resources, a move the RTO says will provide resource owners more flexibility.