PJM has begun discussing the role and significance of cost-containment assurances in bids for transmission projects under FERC’s Order 1000.

Hydro-Québec and various partners submitted six separate proposals to meet Massachusetts’ call for 9.45 TWh a year of renewable generation.

The PJM Board of Managers approved about $417 million in reliability-related transmission projects, more than half of which will go to PSE&G.

While PJM stakeholders were meeting to consider yet more changes to the Reliability Pricing Model, public power representatives took their case to Congress.

SPP is confronting the possibility that as much as 1,300 MW of additional load could leave its system.

MISO’s Planning Advisory Committee heard updates on the RTO’s ambitious slate of current planning studies and process improvements.

SPP is accepting applications from industry experts for an independent panel reviewing the RTO’s 2018 competitive transmission construction proposals.

The SPP Z2 Task Force will likely be a relic of the past, but the issues with credits and obligations for sponsored transmission upgrades aren’t going away.

The PJM Planning Committee approved revisions to the rules for the Regional Transmission Expansion Plan, agreeing to extend the cycle to 18 months.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee directed RTO staff to move forward with a high-priority congestion study that earlier failed to gain traction.