A draft rule from federal regulators would modify how electric utilities plan regional transmission projects and divvy up their costs. It could have a major impact in the Southeast, which doesn’t have ...

US grid operators haven’t been practicing long-term transmission planning, but for the first time, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just made it mandatory. FERC oversees interstate ...

WALTHAM, Mass. (WWLP) – A new plan has been submitted by National Grid to meet Massachusetts’ nation-leading climate change, clean energy, and equity goals. This plan is known as the Electric Sector ...

Historical grid planning has been slow. Around 1950, when electric access was available to most households, load increased at a steady rate of 4%for each class of customers (NREL 2018). Over this ...

AI data campuses are not “loads” in the traditional sense of large industrial customers, but many regional grids continue to model these systems as they would inflexible steel mills. This results in ...

Changes to Order 1920 win the support of Republican commissioner who had accused FERC of federal overreach. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday shored up support for its landmark ...

Electrification of longhaul trucking in the U.S., and globally, will require power-grid operators and regulators to change their planning processes and mindset so transmission connections are ...

The New York State Public Service Commission has begun a proceeding to evaluate new energy loads from transportation and building electrification to proactively identify and develop future grid ...

The “rapid explosion” of large load users looking to connect onto Texas’ electric grid are being built faster than traditional transmission planning can manage, according to the Electricity ...

Illinois Commerce Commission Chair Doug Scott (third from left) reads a 2023 decision rejecting grid plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois. Revised versions of those plans were approved ...

Illinois faces potential power shortages and price hikes due to retiring fossil fuel plants and rising energy demand from data centers.