MISO will spend much of 2019 working on how it can prevent the increasingly frequent emergency conditions it experienced in 2018.

The NYISO Board of Directors issued a mixed decision on the ISO Management Committee’s selections for the AC Public Policy Transmission Project.

The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) approved a certificate of convenience and necessity for CenterPoint’s proposed 345-kV project near Houston.

MISO and SPP plan to file a slightly revised version of proposed changes to their JOA aimed at making an interregional transmission project more attainable.

The PJM Board of Managers asked stakeholders for patience with the board’s ongoing investigation into the default of GreenHat Energy’s FTR portfolio.

MISO asked for ideas on transmission projects to relieve congestion in MISO South and near the SPP-MISO seam as the Entergy transition nears its end.

The NYISO BOD reached a unanimous decision on the AC Public Policy Transmission Project and will release its decision by Dec. 27, 2018.

PJM is reformatting and drafting clarifications to Manual 14B: PJM Region Transmission Planning Process that may impact the RTO’s planning modeling.

MISO is considering how to respond to transmission owners’ adoption of dynamic line ratings, acknowledging changes would be necessary with widespread use.

MISO officials are still hashing out how they can best model and analyze energy storage-as- transmission in the RTO’s transmission planning process.