MISO briefed the System Planning Committee on next steps for the Duff-Coleman transmission project and the new generator interconnection queue rules.

After SPP set the wind penetration record for North American RTOs, recent studies found that it has the potential to serve 75% of its load with wind.

MISO is recommending two of three Michigan projects requested for expedited review be approved before its 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan.

The MISO Planning Subcommittee discussed how the RTO estimates transmission costs and new rules on non-transmission alternatives.

PJM’s Board of Managers approved more than $1.5 billion in transmission upgrades, led by a project to rebuild aging lines in New Jersey.

At the NARUC winter meeting, OMS members sharply questioned MISO officials over its refusal to share with them raw transmission project cost data.

PJM stakeholders discussed revisions to its targeted market efficiency project process with MISO and a solution to the hazard at PSE&G's Newark substation.

The PUCT granted the Lubbock Power & Light request to delay a decision on who will pay for studies related to their planned move to the ERCOT grid.

PJM will emphasize cost controls in changes to its competitive transmission process, an element in its RTEP redesign.

The first National Electric Transmission Infrastructure Summit heard concerns over how to pay for grid modernization and FERC's lack of a quorum.