The NYPSC declared a public policy need for $1.2 billion in transmission upgrades and recommended finalists to make competitive bids to NYISO.

The decision means the licensing process for the 192-mile Northern Pass transmission line can continue.

The threshold was identified as an obstacle to transmission projects that could ease constraints along the PJM-MISO seam.

The SPP board also approved a 2-cent cut in its administrative fee and discussed its proposed response to the Clean Power Plan.

A roundup of news from the MISO Board of Directors meeting on Dec. 10, 2015.

At an Advisory Committee “hot topic” discussion, some stakeholders cautioned MISO against taking CPP policy positions, while others said the RTO should help guide the states to the most economical compliance options.

MISO and SPP concluded their first joint study process, saying the exercise was a valuable learning experience even though it failed to produce a single interregional project.

New York's Reforming the Energy Vision and established NYISO wholesale market proved an irresistible combination for new CEO Bradley Jones.

A transmission developer asked PJM to determine if four projects in the PSE&G territory  are still necessary if Con Edison makes good on its threat to terminate the “PSEG wheel” to route power into New York City.

FERC ruled that PJM's cost allocations for the Artificial Island and PSE&G transmission projects may not be just and reasonable, ordering a technical conference.