SPP issued its first competitive transmission solicitation for construction of a 115-kV line between North Liberal and Walkemeyer in southwestern Kansas.

MISO and SPP are considering potential transmission upgrades under a joint model for identifying congested flowgates that could be relieved by economic projects.

The SPP Board of Directors approved staff’s recommendation that it authorize construction for a 21-mile 115-kV line from Walkemeyer to North Liberal as part of a reliability solution in southwestern Kansas.

MISO on Wednesday got an earful of stakeholder suggestions about how to spur interregional transmission projects at the seams with PJM and SPP.

The Champlain Hudson Power Express, a 1000-MW merchant transmission line that would deliver Canadian hydropower to New York City has completed its federal environmental review, clearing the way for construction.

PJM planners have selected LS Power to build a new 230-kV transmission line from New Jersey’s Artificial Island to Delaware to address stability issues at the nuclear complex.

Over the objections of transmission developers and independent power producers, MISO’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve Entergy’s request for $217 million in out-of-cycle transmission projects.

The Obama administration’s first Quadrennial Energy Review calls for returning the U.S. to a post-World War II level of investment in infrastructure, spending it says could create 1.5 million jobs while transforming the nation’s electric grid and oil and gas pipelines.

By Chris O’Malley CARMEL, Ind. — MISO’s Board of Directors System Planning Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to approve Entergy’s request for $217 million...

At its April 16 open meeting, FERC issued new reliability standards, denied rehearing on business practices and ordered a new format for electronic filing reports.