SPP Chairman Larry Altenbaumer took the wraps off an eight-month value and affordability study conducted behind closed doors.

FERC again rejected a bid by developers to obtain transmission status and cost-based rates for a proposed $2 billion pumped storage project in CAISO.

SPP members moved to eliminate Z2 revenue credits for sponsored transmission upgrades, the source of years of stakeholder frustrations and jokes.

Transource Energy filed a reconfigured version of the Independence Energy Connection project with Maryland regulators as part of a settlement with state officials and landowners.

FERC approved Dominion Energy's request to change the basis for its transmission rates from an annual coincident peak formula to one based on monthly peaks.

MISO released a proposal that would replace its 15-year futures scenarios with predictions that assume more renewable generation and carbon-cutting.

MISO’s Planning Advisory Committee will consider several motions before it votes on whether to send the RTO’s $4 billion MTEP 19 to its board for approval.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee voted to recommend a cost-containment mechanism for the ISO’s public policy transmission planning process.

PJM, ISO-NE and SPP appear to be thwarting Order 1000’s intent to open transmission projects to competition by abusing the “immediate need” exemption.

MISO and PJM are close to their first major interregional transmission project after identifying a joint effort worthy of the designation.