Panelists at last week's Organization of PJM States Inc. meeting discussed the challenges of controlling transmission project costs.

At last week's MISO Planning Advisory Committee, stakeholders predicted that the proposed changes to the interconnection queue will face challenges at FERC.

FERC approved a settlement allowing TransCanyon to collect a 9.8% base ROE for any projects it builds under the CAISO FERC Order 1000 competitive solicitation process.

A summary of the issues scheduled to be brought to a vote at the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee and Members Committee on Oct. 27, 2016.

The length of the Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) project in MISO MTEP 16 will have to be extended, increasing its cost and reducing its benefit-cost ratio.

The ERCOT Board of Directors last week approved three rule changes related to its reliability-must-run processes.

Kansas City Power & Light’s proposal for addressing SPP transmission cost shifts led to a free-wheeling discussion on transmission pricing and the unintended consequences of proposed Tariff changes at the Strategic Planning Committee meeting Thursday.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee endorsed the Competitive Transmission Process Task Force’s recommendations for improving the competitive solicitation process for transmission projects under FERC Order 1000.

The SPP Strategic Planning Committee discussed behind-the-meter generation and the Lubbock migration to ERCOT.

The Southwest Power Pool Exit Study Task Force, formed to provide technical support and advice regarding the Lubbock Power & Light move to ERCOT, conducted its first meeting last week.