FERC ok'd cost allocations for 60 transmission projects added to PJM’s RTEP, including high-voltage projects allocated entirely to a Dominion Energy zone.
The Department of Energy convened to gather information for the department’s 2019 electric transmission congestion study.
PJM and FERC must reconsider how they allocate the costs of high-voltage transmission projects developed to satisfy individual utilities’ planning criteria.
FERC reopened proceedings regarding PJM’s controversial Bergen-Linden Corridor and Artificial Island projects in New Jersey.
Fernandez told the PJM MIC that his staff are still completing calculations for retroactively reallocating costs for certain transmission projects.
FERC last week denied several rehearing requests over cost allocation for three Virginia Electric Power Co. transmission undergrounding projects.
FERC approved part of PJM’s cost responsibility assignments for its updated RTEP, but rejected cost allocations for four cross-border projects.
FERC approved the cost allocation for projects involved with northern New Jersey’s Bergen-Linden Corridor.
FERC approved cost allocation responsibility assignments for 39 baseline upgrades recently added to the PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan.
FERC upheld its ruling that the costs of undergrounding transmission lines in Virginia should be shared by all VEPCO network integration customers.