Transmission Reliability

Ensuring reliability and resilience of the electric power grid in a changing generation landscape.

Highlights

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Transmission lines cross a bend in the Colorado River in Utah. In the US West, resource adequacy groups have been one way stakeholders have tried to maintain transmission reliability.
April 4, 2025
With power-hungry parts of the US economy poised to grow, policymakers need to take a hard look at how the power grid can be built to be bigger than the weather.
July 26, 2024
This podcast episode shares how St. Lucia continues to make grid resilience a priority when faced with bigger and stronger storms.
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June 17, 2024
The grants will help construct an inter-regional 800 MW transmission line, increase grid capacity by about 5,500 MW, and reveal more than 6 GW of solar in TVA's interconnection...
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May 17, 2024
Power grid operator Terna’s project is worth $3.26 million and will restructure the 150 kV power grid in Reggio Calabria.
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April 25, 2024
The White House says the rule will streamline transmission project review timelines while respecting the environmental permitting process.
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May 6, 2025
The projects, 39 uprates and 12 new construction proposals, will provide more than 9,300 MW of reliable capacity through the Reliability Resource Initiative.
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May 2, 2025
NERC’s annual seasonal and long-term assessments have identified the need for more transmission, as well as a strategically planned resource mix, to address the ongoing electrification...
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April 30, 2025
The plan outlines various actions over the next several years to improve interregional transmission planning and interconnection across three different grid planning regions in...
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Queensland Grid Overhaul Underway
April 30, 2025
A key component of the plan includes repurposing aging rotating assets to operate as synchronous condensers.