SPS and SPP have asked the PUC of Texas (PUCT) to rule on whether Texas law includes a right of first refusal that overrides FERC Order 1000.

New England’s needs for energy infrastructure moved to ISO-NE as stakeholders began discussing the potential for major projects under FERC Order 1000.

Stakeholders expressed concerns over how the Western Interconnection’s four transmission planning organizations can align their separate regional processes.

MISO briefed the System Planning Committee on next steps for the Duff-Coleman transmission project and the new generator interconnection queue rules.

The MISO Planning Subcommittee discussed how the RTO estimates transmission costs and new rules on non-transmission alternatives.

After SPP set the wind penetration record for North American RTOs, recent studies found that it has the potential to serve 75% of its load with wind.

MISO is recommending two of three Michigan projects requested for expedited review be approved before its 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan.

PJM’s Board of Managers approved more than $1.5 billion in transmission upgrades, led by a project to rebuild aging lines in New Jersey.

At the NARUC winter meeting, OMS members sharply questioned MISO officials over its refusal to share with them raw transmission project cost data.

PJM stakeholders discussed revisions to its targeted market efficiency project process with MISO and a solution to the hazard at PSE&G's Newark substation.