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July 30, 2024

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

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Overheard at Grid Enhancing Technologies Summit
Grid-enhancing technologies took center stage last week at a WATT Coalition summit on ways to wring efficiencies out of existing transmission facilities.
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FERC Accepts ISO-NE’s MOPR Transition Plan
FERC reluctantly accepted ISO-NE’s plan to remove its minimum offer price rule after a two-year transition period.
MISO
MISO Makes Business Case on Long-range Transmission Plan
MISO members are voting whether to recommend MISO’s $10 billion long-range transmission buildout to the RTO’s board as staff make final pitches for the project.
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Texas RE Knocks AEP for Communication Breakdown
FERC approved Texas RE's settlement with AEP over communication failures during a 2018 load loss incident.
Pattern Energy
FERC OKs New Queue Priority for MISO, SPP Seams Studies
FERC has approved MISO's and SPP’s plan to assign a new prioritization of projects in their respective interconnection queues for study purposes.
Vistra
MISO Customers Ask for Penalty-free Load Reductions
MISO transmission customers argued to FERC that MISO should allow customers to decrement their load penalty-free to lessen the possibility of summer blackouts.
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Siting Is New England’s Biggest Tx Challenge, Say Region’s Energy Leaders
FERC's transmission NOPR will provide a "positive framework" said Eversource's Bill Quinlan.
MISO
Midwest Capacity Shortage Leads to Must-offer Talk
MISO’s capacity auction shortfall has nearly doubled its probability of load shedding in its Midwest region, prompting discussion of must-offer requirements.
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Cold Weather Standards Team Seeks Industry Support
The team developing NERC's cold weather standards provided a preview of the new requirements in an industry webinar.
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Overheard at CLEANPOWER 2022
CLEANPOWER 2022 drew more than 7,000 attendees to San Antonio last week to discuss the clean power industry's challenges in the years to come.

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