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Monthly Project Review September 2019
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ERCOT targets West, South Texas for transmission investment as oil, gas demands increase
Demand growth driven largely by oil and gas exploration in the Permian Basin in West Texas and the Eagle Ford shale region in South Texas, coupled with growing electric needs and an aging generation fleet in the Houston area, will yield billions of dollars of investment in new projects. […]
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PJM exec: Nation must decide on unanswered policy questions to move forward on transmission
The industry, including FERC and the RTOs, need “to try to come together and figure out how we’re going to decide as a nation some of these policy issues so that we can move forward,” Craig Glazer, vice president of federal government policy, PJM Interconnection, said on Jan. 24. […]
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Appeals Court sets March 20 to hear challenges to FERC Order 1000
Oral arguments will be heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the matter of whether FERC overstepped its authority under the Federal Power Act when it issued Order 1000. […]
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Minor delays surfacing as agencies prepare final EIS for TransWest Express
The lead agencies on the the proposed TransWest Express project are sifting through hundreds of public comments as they prepare the project’s final environmental impact statement, which is expected to be issued in the fall.
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SNC-Lavalin seeks approval to IPO a 35% stake in Altalink
Nearly three months after its board of directors announced its intention to explore selling equity in Altalink, SNC-Lavalin filed for approval with the Alberta Utilities Commission to offer up to 35% of its equity in an initial public offering. […]
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TransmissionHub presents 2013, year in review
From $13.5bn worth of transmission investment being done this year to utilities addressing cyber security concerns and electric vehicles making moves, 2013 proved to be a fruitful year for the industry. […]
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MISO board approves MTEP13, providing 317 new transmission projects
Since 2003, the Midcontinent ISO (MISO) Transmission Expansion Planning process has approved $17.9bn of investment to promote system reliability, improve market efficiency, enable public policy mandates and allow the reliable integration of new generation resources, MISO said. […]
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TransmissionHub: Estimated $163bn of transmission investment underway in U.S., Canada
Despite low electric load growth forecast for the next several years, transmission development is being driven by the need to upgrade aging infrastructure, reliability concerns, plant retirements and the need to meet renewable portfolio standards in several states across the United States, according to Kent Knutson, director of Hub Services for PennWell. […]
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LaFleur named acting FERC chair
FERC Commissioner John Norris told TransmissionHub Nov. 25 that LaFleur’s “valuable experience as a utility executive will make her an effective chair.” […]