Discussion at PJM’s Transmission Replacement Processes Senior Task Force has not advanced much since July, but the rhetoric has softened.

Stakeholder sectors have eschewed MISO’s suggestion that they apply equal weight to the RTO’s four 15-year future scenarios used for next year’s planning.

After a second full review of the 2011 slate of multi-value transmission projects, MISO has concluded that benefits outpace rising project costs.

More than half of the $24.3 billion in transmission projects in PJM since 2012 were unneeded to comply with reliability requirements, according to AMP.

MISO is seeking stakeholder guidance on how to forecast the probable locations of future renewable, storage and distributed energy resources (DER).

NYISO will soon announce the formation of a carbon pricing task force, CEO Brad Jones told the Management Committee.

Infocast Texas Renewable Energy Summit attendees heard discussions on the challenges ERCOT faces in building transmission and ensuring grid reliability.

MISO will release results from its regional transmission overlay study by December, nearly two years ahead of schedule.

FERC approved CAISO’s request to be relieved of its requirement to develop a conceptual statewide plan as part of its regional transmission planning process.

Officials remain optimistic about MISO’s interregional transmission planning process with SPP despite its failure to produce a single project.