California regulators approve new program to expedite power line undergrounding Large utilities can file 10-year plans with the California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, which will have nine months to make a determination. Regulators stood up the new undergrounding program just four months after PG&E’s last general rate case was approved, which included authorization to … Continue reading California regulators approve new program to expedite power line undergrounding→
FERC should loosen incumbent transmission owners’ grip on planning Transmission planning needs major reforms, including loosening the grip incumbent transmission owners have on the process, a panel of experts said Thursday during a roundtable hosted by the R Street Institute, a think tank. Transmission reform — perhaps the top priority at FERC — may be … Continue reading FERC should loosen incumbent transmission owners’ grip on planning→
New Jersey Receives 80 Offshore Wind Transmission Proposals This is according to the latest press release from NJBPU, which announced on 27 January that, together with PJM, it had filed for approval of a State Agreement Approach (SAA) to implement New Jersey’s offshore wind transmission grid solicitation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The … Continue reading #New_Jersey Receives 80 Offshore Wind Transmission Proposals→
SPP, MISO identify 7 cross-seam transmission projects that could unlock up to 53 GW of new generation The SPP-MISO initiative grew out of a problem plaguing grid operators around the country: interconnection queues that are clogged with hundreds of requests from companies seeking to connect new generation sources to the grid. It is increasingly difficult … Continue reading SPP, MISO identify 7 cross-seam transmission projects that could unlock up to 53 GW of new generation→
New Jersey Advances Offshore Wind Transmission Proposal at FERC The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) and PJM Interconnection (PJM) announced, they filed for approval of an Agreement to implement New Jersey’s groundbreaking offshore wind transmission grid solicitation from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The Agreement, known as the State Agreement Approach (SAA), … Continue reading #New_Jersey Advances Offshore Wind Transmission Proposal at FERC→
What a $2B Texas project says about U.S. quest for CO2-free grid After a dozen years, multiple energy crises, regulatory delays and political turnover, construction of a novel 400-mile power line connecting Texas to the Southeast is finally within sight. The progress is welcome news for clean energy advocates who believe Southern Cross Transmission and … Continue reading What a $2B Texas project says about U.S. quest for CO2-free grid→
Infrastructure bill represents significant opportunity to support public power As Congress and the Biden administration close in on a deal to pass a significant investment in our nation’s infrastructure, the not-for-profit, community-owned electric utilities that power close to 2,000 towns and cities nationwide have a major stake in the contours of the final legislation. Public … Continue reading Infrastructure bill represents significant opportunity to support public power→
NextEra Energy Transmission awarded Kansas to Missouri transmission line project The SPP Board of Directors approved a recommendation by an industry expert panel (IEP) to award the project to NextEra Energy Transmission, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy. The Wolf Creek-Blackberry project is a 94-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line that runs from the Wolf Creek substation in … Continue reading #NextEra Energy Transmission awarded #Kansas to #Missouri transmission line project→
Bridging the Knowledge Gap in the Line Trade Once a journeyman lineman nears retirement, he or she has often climbed thousands of poles, worked countless storms and gained a lifetime of experience about the line trade. But what happens when he or she leaves the trade? Electric utilities and line contractors are striving to preserve … Continue reading Bridging the Knowledge Gap in the Line Trade→
FERC Denies Cross-Sound Cable Company’s Application for Incentive Rate Treatment to Comply with IROL-CIP Costs On August 31, 2021, FERC denied Cross-Sound Cable Company, LLC’s (“Cross-Sound Cable”) application for incentive rate treatment to create a regulatory asset to recover costs incurred between 2016 and 2021 to comply with Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (“IROL”) Critical Infrastructure … Continue reading FERC Denies Cross-Sound Cable Company’s Application for Incentive Rate Treatment to Comply with IROL-CIP Costs→
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