Transmission

Today, New Jersey Assembly Members James Kennedy, Andrea Katz, Robert Karabinchak, and David Bailey released a joint statement on the 900% price increase announced last month by New Jersey’s electric grid operator, PJM.

Today, Maryland State Senator Ron Watson and Maryland Delegates Adrian Boafo, Lorig Charkoudian, David Fraser-Hidalgo, and Natalie Ziegler released a joint statement on the skyrocketing electricity prices announced last week by Maryland’s electric grid operator, PJM.

Canary Media covers the recent U.S. Department of Energy funding allocated from Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program to New England states, which will revolutionize offshore wind development. The article quotes United’s Jeremy McDiarmid, who emphasizes the importance of improving the power grid to meet the increasing load growth demands.

Today, the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative aimed at bolstering America’s power grid by using tools like grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) and doing advanced reconductoring.

America has not been building the kind of transmission lines it needs to reliably and cost-effectively power our grid, and a major part of the problem has been our short-term, just-in-time planning process. On May 13, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released Order No. 1920, meant to modernize the transmission planning process by viewing the system through a wider lens to plan for and construct the transmission system we need for the future.

FERC announces Order No. 1920, aimed at improving interregional electric transmission planning and cost allocation.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a preliminary list of 10 potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) to accelerate the development of transmission projects in areas that have an urgent need for expanded transmission. DOE is now seeking public input on the process.

In a joint letter to Congress today, a diverse coalition of more than 40 national and regional organizations and companies requested robust funding for electric transmission deployment and research in the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget.

Today, the New York legislature passed a state budget which included transmission policies that should help the state meet its clean energy goals.

H.B. 862, a bill to advance grid-enhancing technologies, was signed into law today by Governor Glen Youngkin

United’s Caitlin Marquis and Doug Pietrucha outline a recent report produced for Advanced Energy Institute by Grid Strategies and the Brattle Group that measures each RTO/ISO generator interconnection process using both qualitative and quantitative data.

Produced for Advanced Energy Institute by Grid Strategies and the Brattle Group, the Advanced Energy United Generator Interconnection Scorecard measures each RTO/ISO generator interconnection process using both qualitative and quantitative data.