Transmission

MISO board approves estimated $2.7 billion in wires projects

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The Midcontinent Independent System Operator Board of Directors on Thursday approved the system’s latest transmission expansion plan with 383 new projects spread across the grid operator’s sprawling footprint, estimated to cost almost $2.7 billion.
As part of the System Planning Committee report to the board, committee Chairman Mike Evans presented the MISO Transmission Expansion Plan 16, which includes projects needed to  …

Electricity, Generation

New York launches formal review of competitive energy markets

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New York is launching an extensive review of competitive power and natural gas markets with an eye to eventual reforms that could change the way energy marketers operate in the state.
Over the next several months, the New York Public Service Commission plans to hold public hearings and solicit sworn testimony to gauge what changes, if any, are necessary in the competitive …