Panelists at EUCI’s Transmission Expansion in the Midwest conference said industry must focus on exporting wind energy and overcoming seams processes.

FERC upheld a previous ruling covering Order 1000 cost allocation in the WestConnect planning region, adding further explanation of its reasoning.

FERC approved NYISO Tariff revisions ordering downstate residents to pay 90% of the cost of AC transmission projects stemming from public policy needs.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) called for Sempra Energy to prove it’s financially fit to own Oncor, the state's largest utility.

FERC accepted NYISO’s proposed Tariff changes establishing a cost recovery mechanism for transmission projects in the Comprehensive System Planning Process.

FERC ordered FPA Section 206 proceedings for five SPP TOs seeking to develop projects under the RTO’s Order 1000 competitive solicitation process.

MISO and PJM have withdrawn their support for developing the lone efficiency project to emerge from the RTOs’ two-year coordinated system plan.

Stakeholders approved PJM’s 2017 installed reserve margin (IRM) calculations at last week’s Planning Committee meeting.

LS Power’s Republic Transmission won FERC approval for incentives to construct MISO’s first competitively bid transmission project.

FERC approved CAISO’s request to be relieved of its requirement to develop a conceptual statewide plan as part of its regional transmission planning process.