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October 8, 2024

Transmission Planning

PJM Board Halts Artificial Island Project, Orders Staff Analysis
The PJM Board of Managers has suspended the controversial Artificial Island transmission project, pending a staff analysis.
MISO, PJM Unveil JOA Process for ‘Targeted’ Market Efficiency Projects
MISO and PJM are seeking to hammer out new joint operating agreement (JOA) language that would allow accelerated approval of short-term projects.
FirstEnergy Closing Largest Coal Plant in Ohio; Bay Shore also in Peril
FirstEnergy will retire four units at its Sammis coal-powered power plant and sell or deactivate its Bay Shore plant by 2020.
PUCT Asks ERCOT, SPP to Coordinate on Lubbock PL Move
Staff from ERCOT and SPP began discussions to determine how to work together on Lubbock Power & Light’s (LP&L's) planned move to the ERCOT grid.
MISO Planning Advisory Committee Briefs
MISO's Planning Advisory Committee discussed the probability weightings for the futures analysis in its 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan.
ERCOT Discusses Wind Integration at GCPA Luncheon
Wind energy is quickly becoming a dominant force in ERCOT’s resource mix, and the grid operator is making changes to address it.
Revised Western RTO Governance Plan Highlights State Authority
CAISO released a revised set of principles for governing a Western RTO in a bid to convince skeptics that an expanded ISO will be amenable to the entire region.
SPP Cancels First Competitive Tx Project, Citing Falling Demand Projections
The 1st competitive SPP project under FERC Order 1000, approved by the BOD with some fanfare in April, is being cancelled due to falling demand projections. 
MISO Duff-Coleman RFP Deadline Passes; RTO Reviewing Bids
MISO closed its request for proposals on the Duff-Coleman 345-kV transmission project in Southern Indiana on July 6, reviewing "robust" number of proposals.
PJM Plans for Changes in Tx Flows Without Con Ed-PSEG ‘Wheel’
PJM is using a three-pronged approach to prepare for next year’s termination of the Con Ed-PSEG wheel.

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