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August 13, 2024

Transmission Planning

ACORE
Report: Renewable Developers Footing Tx Upgrade Bills
A new report says wind and solar projects in MISO’s and SPP’s generator interconnection queues are being asked to pay the bill when connecting to the grid.
SPP
SPP: Consolidating Tx Planning Could Yield Big Savings
SPP says that consolidating its transmission planning processes would save $9 million annually and produce a more holistic view of its transmission needs.
WATT Coalition
FERC Workshop Participants Differ on GETs Incentives
Participants at FERC’s workshop on performance-based ratemaking approaches support GETs, but they disagree on how best to foster their adoption.
NYDPS
New York Adopts Groundbreaking Transmission Investment Rules
New York regulators established a new category of transmission and distribution investment and directed utilities to revise proposed benefit-cost analysis.
Central Maine Power
FERC Investigating Avangrid-NextEra Dispute over NECEC Interconnection
FERC ordered Avangrid and NextEra to submit additional briefs in their ongoing dispute over the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project.
Entergy
Experts Call for Tx Reinforcements, Microgrids in Gulf System After Ida
Experts say the electric grid needs heartier construction, new technology and microgrids to reduce outages from increasingly common severe weather events.
Pattern Energy
Texas PUC Considers Adding Grid Interconnections
Responding to February’s devastating winter storm, Texas regulators consider ways to add ties to neighboring grids without triggering FERC oversight.
NV Energy
NV Energy Applies to Build Northern Nevada Line
NV Energy applied to build a 235-mile transmission line across northern Nevada — a project that would complete a transmission triangle around the state.
Plus Power
Largest Standalone Battery Storage System in Northeast Planned for Small Mass. Town
Plus Power filed a petition last week with the Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board for approval to build the Cranberry Point Energy Storage project.
Shutterstock
CHPE Transmission Line Opponents Tout Benefits of Excelsior Connect
The environmental organization Riverkeeper says there are proposals preferable to running transmission lines under the Hudson River.

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