PJM unanimously approved a problem statement to consider granting merchant transmission developers capacity interconnection rights for offshore wind.

MISO and SPP told stakeholders that there is “more support than not” for the RTOs to conduct a joint study of interregional transmission projects in 2019.

SPP continued its effort to modernize its cost-recovery processes last week, agreeing to replace its broad single rate schedule with four targeted ones.

PJM riled stakeholders when it rejected manual language approved by more than two-thirds of members on transmission owners’ end-of-life projects.

MISO and stakeholders are hoping to complete policies allowing storage to qualify as transmission for the RTO’s 2019 Transmission Expansion Plan.

State regulators in MISO and SPP are making progress on the seams issues that continue to vex the RTOs, but much work remains, stakeholders learned.

FERC authorized ITC Midwest and American Transmission to recover “prudently incurred costs” if the Cardinal-Hickory Creek project is abandoned or canceled.

SPP stakeholders approved changes to the RTO’s generator interconnection process to simplify what had become a burdensome process involving repetitive data.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability (MRC) and Members committees (MC) on Jan. 24, 2019.

The Maryland PSC extended its review of Transource Energy’s Independence Energy Connection to allow parties to provide evidence on alternatives.