Recently, PJM Interconnection took a major leap forward by approving a $6.7 billion Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP). The expansion plan includes a $4.6 billion high-voltage transmission backbone to strengthen regional power transfer capacity and interconnect new cost-effective resources, just in time to support an expected 29.6 GW of new load that is expected to […]

Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG), in partnership with DNV, released a new report earlier this year, “The PACE of Trust: A Framework by Community Voices for Advancing Transmission.” The report seeks to enable the timely expansion and upgrading of the U.S. electric grid through a focus on building trust and working collaboratively across a […]

Twenty years ago, the Texas legislature passed Texas Senate Bill 20 to designate competitive renewable energy zones (CREZ) and develop a transmission plan to deliver power from CREZ to customers, while maintaining reliability and cost-effectiveness. Now, the state is considering construction of a new 765-kV transmission “backbone,” which would lower congestion costs and energy losses, […]