Transmission owners have asked FERC to suspend competitive bidding on projects in MISO and SPP so the grid can be built out faster to accommodate the AI data center explosion.

Speakers at a SERC Reliability-hosted webinar discussed the need for communication to address rapidly evolving threats to the security of electric facilities.

MISO announced a third, 8-GW cycle of generation projects to enter its fast-tracked interconnection process, its largest cluster yet.

No specifics are being offered, and the site’s owner indicates significant financial and political support must be established before such a restart of Indian Point could be considered.

MISO announced it will honor a request from Texas regulators and include southeastern Texas in its first long-range transmission study for MISO South.

SERC Reliability claimed Entergy staff ignored multiple high-priority warnings, one of which led to a loss of load for several customers, in determining the $1.25 million penalty.

Texas regulators have approved the first transmission project in the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, along with several other projects.

MISO is poised to close the door on summer with an almost 122-GW peak while issuing several capacity advisories for MISO South.

The Southern Renewable Energy Association appeared before Entergy’s state regulators to urge them to think twice before considering leaving MISO for the Southeast Energy Exchange Market.