Great Basin Transmission, an affiliate of LS Power, is beginning construction on the Southwest Intertie Project-North (SWIP-North), a 285-mile (459-km), 500 kV transmission line connecting the Midpoint substation near Twin...
Read MoreGlobal power grid manufacturer G&W Electric is expanding its North American manufacturing footprint with a new 291,305-square-foot facility at Romeoville, Illinois to increase production capacity and improve...
Read MoreIncreased inter- and intraregional transmission capacity could lower consumer costs, including in the PJM Interconnection, according to a study released on September 1, 2026, called ‘Powering Growth and Affordability: The Role...
Read MoreThe Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) on August 28, 2026, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve a set of proposed reliability requirements, including ramping and ride-through...
Read MoreThe Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) has delayed a decision on the 765 kV Howard–Solstice Transmission Line – a 370-mile (595-km) transmission line from San Antonio through the Hill Country to Fort Stockton but has...
Read MoreDuring its general session on August 27, 2026, the California ISO (CAISO) Board of Governors unanimously approved critical updates to its 2025-26 Transmission Plan, officially lifting a hold on vital Silicon Valley transmission...
Read MoreThe Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC)—the state’s ratepayer advocate—on August 27, 2026, urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to act on a three-year-old complaint that aims to address Ohio utilities’...
Read MoreThe US president signed an executive order on August 26, 2026, declaring a national emergency and directing the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop rules to secure the bulk power system (BPS), including limiting what...
Read MoreMinnesota Power, an investor-owned electric utility company, has broken ground on the North Dakota portion of a USD450 million, ±250 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) modernisation project, on August 19, 2026. The event took...
Read MoreThe US Department of Transportation (DOT) on August 26, 2026, unveiled a nationwide initiative—America’s Great Corridors of Commerce (AGCC)—a first-of-its-kind, voluntary nationwide opportunity to transform parts of the nation’s...
Read MoreThe provincial government has permitted Nova Scotia Power to expropriate about 460 hectares of land to accommodate a CAD684 million, 160-km, 345 kV transmission line project, for which the utility is still working through the...
Read MoreBasin Electric Power Cooperative, a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative owned by 138 member cooperative systems across nine states, will host two public open houses in September 2026 to gather feedback on its...
Read MoreMicrosoft and PowerHouse Hillwood Holding are in disputes over agreements laying out terms and requirements for serving their planned data centres in Wisconsin and Illinois, according to filings at the Federal Energy Regulatory...
Read MoreArcLight Capital Partners, based in Boston, Massachusetts, announced a USD1 billion equity commitment from its funds to launch Anchor Point Transmission, LLC, an independent transmission company formed to address a critical...
Read MoreThe Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has warned that West Texas faces a risk of rolling blackouts as early as Summer 2027, if major high-voltage transmission lines are not built to keep up with surging industrial...
Read MoreTransmission congestion costs on the PJM Interconnection grid surged 43 per cent to USD6 billion in the first half of 2026, driven by compounding overloads on critical high-voltage infrastructure. These bottlenecks occur when...
Read MoreThe New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU)—a state agency with regulatory authority over utilities, including natural gas, electricity, water, telecommunications, and cable television—released a straw proposal on August...
Read MoreThe Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) of Ontario, Canada, has announced its latest design decisions for its ‘Transmitter Selection Framework (TSF)’ following a July 10, 2023 direction from the Ontario Ministry...
Read MoreThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on August 19, 2026, approved the Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) proposal for using “topology optimisation” to reduce grid congestion and its related costs, which could reduce wind...
Read MoreAn executive order, issued on August 18, 2026 by Pennsylvania state’s governor, would give data centre and other projects with loads over 25 MW preferential permitting treatment, if they commit to a set of power supply,...
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