NERC filed the completed Interregional Transfer Capability Study to FERC ahead of the December deadline set by Congress in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.

NERC released the final draft installments of the ITCS this week, identifying 35 GW of prudent transfer capability additions.

Congress and FERC will need to act to update its rules on interregional transmission planning, and likely permitting, if NERC’s Interregional Transfer Capability Study is going to be of any use, experts said on a webinar hosted by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.

NERC released the first installment of the federally mandated ITCS in draft form this week.

NERC CEO Jim Robb discussed several emerging challenges to the grid at the WIRES Summer Meeting in Boston.

NERC said it will release the ITCS by August, with additional U.S. analyses to be completed in November and Canadian results to follow next year.

NERC staff say the Interregional Transfer Capability Study will lay "important groundwork" for future reliability assessments.

NERC CEO Jim Robb and E-ISAC CEO Manny Cancel shared their views on the electric reliability landscape in a media call.

FERC Chair Willie Phillips expressed confidence that the commission will approve its NOPR on transmission planning and cost allocation this year.

FERC OK'd the 2024 business plans and budgets for the ERO, though Commissioner James Danly called for “a significant improvement in … speed and agility.”