A recent report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) found that this summer there are anticipated adequacy risks due to expected extreme heat events that affect generation, wind output, and transmission systems, coupled with demand growth. With extreme heat and wildfires increasing in frequency over the last few decades, it’s more important than […]

After nearly two years of consideration, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) finalized its regional planning and cost allocation rule on May 13. Nearly all aspects of modern life depend on a robust and reliable power grid. However, FERC’s last major update to transmission planning policies — Order No. 1000 — came more than a […]

Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL), Former FERC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell, and Rob Gramlich for a discussion on the history of the transmission policy landscape, with opening remarks from Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). Following the 1992 EPAct with then-Congressman Markey’s inclusion of an open access requirement, FERC used that law to issue Order No. 888 in […]