Transmission competition is the key to upgrading our electricity grid in a cost-effective manner. FERC must embrace competition and deliver on its mandate to ensure just and reasonable rates for...

To really speed up renewable energy deployment, lawmakers will likely have to step in.

In 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 1000, which introduced the possibility of competition into the electric transmission system. Prior to Order 1000, when the...

(The Center Square) – Legislation giving Ameren Illinois a monopoly on future high-voltage line construction in downstate service areas is apparently doomed.

Illinois’ track record with energy legislation is, shall we say, checkered. Michael Madigan, for decades the state’s most powerful politician, mayors and governors notwithstanding, is a…

A regional plan for up to $23 billion in electric grid upgrades adds fuel to debate over who can build power lines in Wisconsin.

The cost of electricity has climbed by 29.4% since January 2021.

Both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have found that competitive bidding will improve grid sustainability and resiliency while lowering rates and increasing innovation.

An Iowa district court on Monday agreed with LS Power that the state’s transmission right-of-first-refusal law is unconstitutional.

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A bill favoring in-state power line operators for projects expanding the interstate transmission grid is stuck in a state Senate committee.

Electricity transmission competition has proven to reduce costs, providing meaningful cost savings to ratepayers.

The question of who should build needed electric transmission projects has been the source of much controversy in recent years. In some states, a competitive bidding process can be used to determine...

New York is the first state to receive funds through the Inflation Reduction Act’s home energy rebates program; 11 others have applications pending, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Paul Cicio, Chair of the Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition, released the following statement in response to the Edison Electric Institute’s letter to FERC.

Federal regulators left it to the states to wrestle with monopoly utilities that want exclusive rights to expand the power grid.

In 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order 1000, which introduced the possibility of competition into the electric transmission system. Prior to Order 1000, when the...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday asked the Biden administration to wade into a dispute between Florida-based energy company NextEra Energy Inc. and Texas over a state law that experts say could block...

For the record, Oklahoma's ROFR or Right of First Refusal Bill, died in the just-concluded legislative session. At the same time, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners were urged by their Public...

The measure, an 11th-hour request of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, sailed through the Senate last night and could get a House vote tonight.

The California Independent System Operator’s transmission plan — with $4.1 billion open for competition — would also support wind and solar imports from Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming.

The Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition submitted a rehearing request on FERC Order 1920.