| 12/11/2011 |
Wind Leading to Congestion, EnergyBiz
|
| 12/09/2011 |
Ameren to Spend $1.3 Billion on Transmissions, St. Louis Business Journal
Pioneer Transmission Project Moves Forward, Renew Grid,
|
| 12/08/2011 |
Western Governors Act to Improve Transmission Permitting [news release], Western Governors' Association (December 8, 2011)
MISO Board Approves 215 New Transmission Projects [News Release]
|
| 12/05/2011 |
Entergy, ITC Create New Transmission Company [News Release]
Interdisciplinary MIT Study Looks at Grid’s Future, MIT Energy Initiative
Read the Report
How to Build a Better Electric Grid, GigaOm
|
| 12/02/2011 |
DOE Report Rejects the Notion EPA Emissions Standards Will Create Deficit in Power Supply, EnergyBoom Policy
Read the Report
|
| 12/01/2011 |
Colorado Task Force Says Better Collaboration Needed on Transmission – Not New Agency, Colorado Energy News
|
| 11/30/2011 |
Dominion Chief Urges More Time to Comply With EPA Air Rule, Bloomberg
Bingaman to Float 'Clean Energy Standard' Early Next Year, The Hill
Compliance Timing for EPA Regulations Threatens Midwest Reliability, EnergyCentral
|
| 11/29/2011 |
MISO Files Entergy Transmission Cost Allocation Plan With FERC, Renew Grid
|
| 11/28/2011 |
Public Meetings Begin Regarding Electricity Transmission Grid, Global News
BPA, California ISO Enhance Coordination With Faster Response, Electric Light & Power
|
| 11/22/2011 |
BPA/Cal ISO Enhance Regional Coordination on Scheduling, MarketWatch
|
| 11/21/2011 |
Transmission Model for Large Scale Projects, EnergyBiz
MISO Says Proposed NERC, FERC Changes to CIP Reliability Standards Could Hurt Reliability
|
| 10/18/2011 |
How FERC Order 1000 Could Affect Hydro, Renewable Energy World
|
| 11/16/2011 |
EPA Ignores Blackout Concerns, Senators Say, Intelligent Utility
|
| 11/15/2011 |
State Commissioners Wrestle with Transmission Planning, Energy Biz
|
| 11/08/2011 |
MISO Board Endorses $6.5 Billion Transmission Expansion Plan, ELP.com
|
| 11/05/2011 |
Controversial Transmission Line Gets the Go Ahead, Journal of Commerce
|
| 11/03/2011 |
Gen. Jim Jones, Former National Security Adviser, Says America Not Investing Enough in Energy Research [video], The Washington Post/WashingtonPostLive Publishing
|
| 10/30/2011 |
The Feds Can do Some Good in Transmission, EnergyBiz.com
|
| 10/28/2011 |
Oklahoma Agency Approves Transmission Project, statesman.com
|
| 10/21/2011 |
Lines Go Up to Ferry Wind Energy to Major Cities, New York Times
|
| 10/11/2011 |
On Eve of House Hearing, DOE Pulls Back On Transmission Siting, energy.gov
|
| 10/6/2011 |
Report: New England Power Grid Facing Challenges, Forbes.com
|
| 10/5/2011 |
Obama to Step Up Power Line Projects in 12 States, Associated Press
|
| 10/4/2011 |
The Reliability of the Electric Transmission Infrastructure in the 21st Century (IEEE-USA E-Books)
|
| 10/3/2011 |
Electric Reliability Caught in Endless Cycle, EnergyBiz
|
| 10/1/2011 |
Fed Plan to Consolidate Power Over Nation's Power Highway Has States Nervous, Fox News
|
| 9/30/2011 |
WIRES’ Hoecker, Other Former FERC Chairs, Assess Investment & Transmission Leadership, EnergyBiz.com
|
| 9/28/2011 |
MISO to Re-File Entergy Cost Allocation Proposal According to FERC Guidance, EnergyBiz.com
|
| 9/27/2011 |
Eastern Interconnection Completes Phase One of DOE-funded Transmission Planning, Platts.com
|
| 9/20/2011 |
Dominion Receives Grant To Study Offshore Wind, Transmission, Renew Grid Mag
BPA Transmission Line Will Move Wind Power To Load Centers, Renew Grid Mag
|
| 9/19/2011 |
Recent Blackout Highlights Nation's Aging Electricity Grid, Scientific American
|
| 9/14/2011 |
CA Outage Illuminates Need for More Transmission, from RealClearEnergy
|
| 9/9/2011 |
Utility Commissioners Blast Transmission Plan, from AOL Energy (September 9, 2011)
Two WIRES Members Join Forces
|
| 9/7/2011 |
Industry Hears Details of New FERC Energy Strategy, NYTimes.com
DOE Eyes Handing FERC Job of Transmission Corridor Designations, Platts Energy Weekly
|
| 8/31/2011 |
President Gives Cabinet 30 Days to Identify High Priority Infrastructure
See also: WIRES Release (9/2)
|
| 8/29/2011 |
Clear the Way for a Greener Electric Grid, Baltimore Sun
|
| 7/29/2011 |
Idea of the Day: FERC's New Rule Will Lead to New Transmission Lines, Center for American Progress
|
| 7/28/2011 |
FERC Helps Line Up Clean Energy Projects with New Rule, from Center for American Progress
|
| 7/25/2011 |
Another Major Step in the Restructuring of the Power Industry, Husch Blackwell
|
| 7/25/2011 |
New Transmission Lines: Coming to an Area Near You? Forbes
|
| 7/20/2011 |
Commentary:
"The dirty little secret behind the ‘transmission debate'" by Bill White of National Clean Energy Transmission Initiative
|
| 7/14/2011 |
WIRES & Scores of Companies Support FERC's Current Authority to Resolve Transmission Cost Allocation
|
| 7/18/2011 |
Grid Renewal Could Boost Economy, from AOL Energy
|
| 7/14/2011 |
FERC to Address Transmission Planning/Cost Allocation at July 21 Meeting (Agenda Item E-6)
|
| 6/13/2011 |
Coverage of June 13 White House Grid Modernization Event
See also:
White House Grid Modernization Event material
|
| 6/10/2011 |
Building A Better Electric Grid, NPR
|
|
Wisconsin Recognizes Manitoba Hydro Power As a Renewable Source, from Winnipeg Free Press
|
| 5/3/2011 |
Transmission Bottlenecks Bad News for Renewable
Energy,
William Pentland from Forbes.com
|
| 4/18/2011 |
FERC Staff Issues
Energy Infrastructure Update for March 2011
|
|
3/15/2011 |
No Grid, No Gain: Untangling the Transmission Tie-up,
from RenewableEnergyWorld.com
|
|
3/1/2011 |
WIRES Smart Grid Study Highlighted in Renew Grid
Magazine
|
|
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The Troubled Sunrise
Powerlink,
from EnergyBiz Magazine
|
|
3/27/2011 |
Michigan Needs Regional Electricity Grid
(by
Linda Blaire, Executive Vice President & Chief
Business Officer, ITC Holdings Corp.),
Crain's Detroit Business
|
|
3/21/2011 |
Googling the
Transmission Quagmire,
EnergyBiz.com
|
|
3/17/2011 |
FERC staff issues
Energy Infrastructure Update for February 2011
(FERC)
|
|
3/15/2011 |
Webcast Replay: FERC Technical
Conference on Priority Access to New
Participant-Funded Transmission [Windows
Media] [Flash
Media]
|
|
3/11/2011 |
“U.S. Chamber Study Highlights Negative Impact on
Jobs of 21 Transmission Projects Stalled or
Cancelled Nationwide”
|
|
3/10/2011 |
Project No Project: A Study of the
Potential Economic Impact of Permitting Challenges
Facing Proposed Energy Projects, Chamber of Commerce
of the United States
|
| 3/8/2011 |
Federal Transmission under Microscope,
energybiz.com
|
| 3/1/2011 |
Three Steps to Grid
Modernization, from
intelligentutility.com
|
|
2/28/2011 |
NREL Integration Effort Focused on Market,
from intelligentutility.com
PATH Seeks to Withdraw Applications for Electric
Transmission Project,
energycentral.com
|
|
2/9/2011 |
Wind energy experts:
regulations slow development,
Bloomberg.com
|
|
2/2/2011 |
FortisOntario and Lake Huron Anishinabek First
Nations Announce Memorandum of Understanding to
Develop Transmission Projects in Ontario,
MarketWire
Court Rejects U.S.
Bid to Establish Corridors for New Electric
Transmission Lines, Los
Angeles Times
See also:
Read the Court's
Decision
|
|
1/31/2011 |
The Transmission Imperative for Renewables,
from renewableenergyworld.com
|
|
1/20/2011 |
FERC Study Identifies Tools to Help Ensure Grid
Reliability, from FERC.gov
Related:
Chairman's Statement
|
Report
|
Supporting Documents
Notice Inviting
Comments on Report
|
|
1/13/2011 |
Energy Future
Coalition’s Bill White Defends FERC’s Grid Proposal
[video], from E&E TV
Related:
Transcript of
Interview
Clean Line project
facing a new hurdle in Arkansas,
from NewsOK.com
|
|
1/10/2011 |
NextEra Energy’s
response to Nov. 8 editorial in The Wall Street
Journal, The Great
Transmission Heist
Transmission Spells
Opportunity,
from EnergyBiz
Lack of Transmission
Lines Is Restricting Wind Power,
The New York Times
Chairman Wellinghoff Responds Strongly to Editorial
in The Wall Street Journal Regarding FERC Action Re:
Midwest Transmission Cost Allocation
(January 10, 2011) Related:
The Journal’s Dec. 30, 2010 Editorial
|
|
1/5/2011 |
For Construction
Sector, a Long Road Back,
from StarTribune.com
An Xcel Energy power-line project is one of the few
bright spots for Minnesota's slumping construction
industry.
Also:
Economic Study Re:
Impact of CapX2020 Projects
|
|
1/2/2011 |
Resolving to
Modernize the Transmission Grid,
EnergyBiz
|
|
12/16/2010 |
FERC Removes Barrier to Development
of Needed Transmission in Midwest Region
News Release
|
Chairman's Statement
|
Commissioner Norris’ Statement
Statement
from WIRES
|
|
11/16/2010 |
American Physical
Society: Electric Grid R&D Must Parallel Expansion
of Renewable Power,
from The New York Times
Read the Full Report
|
|
11/02/2010 |
Two New Transmission
Projects Aim to Expand Access to Renewables,
from Climate Wire
|
| 10/31/2010 |
Wind Energy Producers
Face Wall in Moving Power East,
from The Des Moines Register
|
|
10/18/2010 |
The Brattle Group Estimates $50 To $100 Billion
Transmission Investment Needed To Meet Renewable
Portfolio Standards, from
Transmission &
Distribution World
Additional Details
|
|
10/12/2010 |
WIRES Member Trans-Elect Offshore Wind Power Line
Wins Backing, from The
New York Times
|
|
10/11/2010 |
Transmission Lines Key to BPA Wind Power Plans,
from The Columbian
|
|
9/30/2010 |
Sen. Bingaman Pushes
to Pass Energy Bills in Lame Duck,
from The New York Times
Stakeholders Urge
FERC to Recognize the Broad Benefits Transmission
Provides, from PR Newswire
|
|
9/21/2010 |
Senators Pushing New
Renewable Energy Mandate Bill,
from Associated Press
Related:
News release from
Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall
|
|
9/14/2010 |
When Are We
Going to Get This Transmission Thing Right?
from RenewableEnergyWorld.com
|
|
9/9/2010 |
DOE gives $8.5
million to grid infrastructure projects,
from CNET (Sept. 9, 2010)
|
|
9/8/2010 |
New Transmission
Essential for Oregon’s Renewable Energy Standard,
from Sustainable Business Oregon
|
|
8/20/2010 |
Transmission: The New Green Energy?
from Intelligent Utility (August 20, 2010)
|
|
8/5/2010 |
Integrating Renewables, Optimizing Transmission,
Intelligent Utility
|
|
8/2/2010 |
[News Release] Ameren
Corporation Announces Creation of Separate
Transmission Business, Files for Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission Rate Treatment for New
Projects
|
|
8/1/2010 |
Renewable Energy:
Nevada Shows Powerful Potential,
Las Vegas
Review-Journal
|
| 7/24/2010 |
We’re Gonna Be Sorry,
Column by Thomas L. Friedman,
The New York Times
|
|
7/23/2010 |
Sen. Reid's Decision
on Climate Bill Leaves D.C. Scrambling to Pick Up
the Pieces,
The New York Times
|
|
7/7/2010 |
How Smart Is The
Smart Grid?
from NPR
|
