PJM transmission planners identified more than $800 million in reliability upgrades for inclusion in the PJM RTEP for 2013. Costs may exceed $1 billion.

PJM began its first RTO-wide solicitation for black start service July 1, with proposals accepted through Sept. 30. Respondents to the request for proposals...

Billions are at stake in the fight between PJM and MISO over capacity transfer limits. Our Q&A explains the issue, and details how each RTO's characteristics play a part.

Below is a summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee meetings Thursday, 6/27.

PJM’s summer 2013 emergency preparedness drill exposed several communications problems and the need for additional training, PJM’s Bill Powell told the Operating Committee Tuesday.

Hurricane Sandy's lessons suggest that TO's should locate staff in 500kV substations before future hurricanes, and PJM should be quicker to take generation off line as load is lost

NERC urged electric industry planners to begin incorporating the risk of natural gas supply interruptions in their reliability and resource assessments.

PJM Insider: Capacity Auction Results and Analysis: New Generation, Imports Up; Prices, DR down

FERC Said that the electric transmission system needs more protections against geomagnetic disturbances like the 1989 solar storm that caused the collapse of the Hydro-Quebec grid.

Storms provided challenges, but a bounty of cheap natural gas brought consumers lower prices, PJM officials said at the Annual Meeting Year in Review.