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AWEA: Trump Infrastructure Plan Holds ‘Significant Promise’ For Wind
Touting the potential benefits for wind power, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is applauding the Trump administration’s newly released infrastructure principles, a “Legislative...
DOE’s Perry Grants FERC Extension On Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry has granted a request from Kevin McIntyre, the newly sworn-in chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory...
Xcel, Otter Tail Power Complete CapX2020 Transmission Line In S.D.
With multiple wind and other generation projects waiting to interconnect, Xcel Energy and Otter Tail Power Co. have announced the completion of the 70-mile,...
Missouri Regulators Reject Grain Belt Express Clean Line
Clean Line Energy Partners calls the Missouri Public Service Commission's decision on the wind-transmitting project "inconsistent with good government and sound public policy."
Proposed Project Would Bring Wind From Northern Maine To Boston
Another wind and transmission project under Massachusetts’ clean energy request for proposals (RFP) has been laid out by Maine Power Express LLC (MPX), a...
New York Gov. Cuomo Plans Transmission Rebuild With Renewables In Mind
In an effort to strengthen the reliability of New York's electric power grid and enable more upstate renewables to connect to the statewide power...
Forest Service Issues Record Of Decision On TransWest Express
After almost seven years of interagency and stakeholder collaboration and environmental analysis, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has released its final records of decision...
Pattern Petitions Mississippi Regulators For Southern Cross Transmission
Pattern Development has filed a siting certificate with the Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) for the Southern Cross Transmission project, which would bring Texas...
Xcel’s Interstate Power Line To Act As ‘Indirect Link’ To Wind
Construction crews have started work in southeast New Mexico on the first of several high-voltage transmission line segments that will come together as a...
FirstEnergy Upgrading W. Va. Transformer To Accommodate More Wind
Akron, Ohio-headquartered FirstEnergy Corp. expects to invest about $166 million this year on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects to help enhance service reliability for...
Wind, Solar & Other Groups To Congress: Expand U.S. Electrical Infrastructure
A coalition of groups representing a broad spectrum of U.S. manufacturing, construction, energy and environmental workers is calling on Congress to streamline the expansion...
Arkansas Lawmakers Put Up Fight Against Clean Line’s Plains & Eastern Project
Republican legislators in Arkansas are urging Rick Perry, the newly elected secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to “preserve states’ rights” and review...
Anbaric, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Create Clean Energy Partnership
Wakefield, Mass.-based Anbaric, a developer of clean energy transmission and microgrid projects, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan have created a new company called Anbaric...
Transmission Developer Moves Forward On Wind-Unlocking N.M. Projects
Lucky Corridor LLC, a developer of transmission projects in New Mexico, is moving forward with two transmission lines, the 345 kV Lucky Corridor Line...
Report: Rapid Shift To Renewables Driving Rapid Spending On Transmission
Global annual spending on transmission system infrastructure for large-scale renewable energy integration could grow from $36.7 billion in 2016 to as much as $46.7...
Federal Decision Moves TransWest Transmission Project Forward
TransWest says its 730-mile HVDC line would add 3 GW of transmission capacity to connect the Desert Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions and access more renewable energy resources, including wind power.
Wind/Hydro Transmission Line Switches Hands In New England
National Grid, Anbaric and Citizens Energy - co-developers of the proposed Vermont Green Line (VGL) - have announced the conversion of National Grid’s and...
DOI Takes Action To Grow Renewables, Transmission In Western U.S.
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced new steps with Western states to encourage the development of renewable energy, efficiently deliver that...
Vermont Green Line Gets Local OK For Wind Transmission Project
Vermont Green Line Devco LLC (VGLD) and the Town of New Haven, Vt., have reached an agreement on a proposed high-voltage, direct-current (HVDC) transmission...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Clean Line’s Wind Transmission Project
Arkansas landowner groups say they have "lingering doubts about the substance and merits" of the U.S. Department of Energy's approval of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line.