transmission

Transmission's maintainers have split the widely used BitTorrent client into a new project, ReTransmission, after a long-running disagreement over whether to add more maintainers.

The 1,250 MW HVDC line reached commercial operation ahead of schedule and began contract deliveries June 1, capable of carrying roughly 20% of NYC's power from Hydro-Québec.

Invenergy's 800-mile high-voltage direct current transmission line across four Midwestern states is pressing ahead with private financing after the Trump administration cancelled a $4.9 billion DOE loan guarantee and the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the project's state permit.

The US Department of Energy has opened a $1.9 billion funding round under its SPARK program to accelerate grid modernization by replacing aging transmission wires with advanced conductors, a strategy that can double line capacity at half the cost of building new infrastructure.

Senators McCormick and Welch introduce legislation to streamline reconductoring of existing transmission lines, projecting $180 billion in savings by 2050.