Transmission construction & MISO market facelifts can help the Midwest reliably adjust to a new resource reality, panelists said during an EBA teleconference.

New wind areas off the Oregon coast could lead to regional transmission planning with California, panelists told the EBA's Western Chapter.

CAISO, SPP and the Western Power Pool are all maneuvering to organize the Western electricity sector, and conditions finally seem ripe for change.

FERC has undertaken an ambitious agenda for this year that will face numerous headwinds from administrative challenges, not least of which remains the pandemic.

FERC Chair Richard Glick said he hopes to issue a final rule on transmission planning and cost allocation by the end of the year or early 2023.

Government officials and utility planners lack the tools and policies needed to address climate change's increasing threat, researchers told the EBA.

The first day of EBA's Mid-Year Forum included discussions on FERC's inquiry into transmission cost allocation and organized market developments in the West.

Ex-ERCOT director Peter Cramton still has high hopes for the Texas grid operator, which he says is still 'the best market in the world.'

At EBA’s annual Northeast Chapter meeting state officials discussed present and future transmission planning needs to reach a carbon-free electric grid.

EBA marked its 75th anniversary at its virtual annual meeting, which included sessions on capacity markets and remarks by FERC Chair Richard Glick.